phrase(US usuallyclose to) almost: 接近，几乎 I think there are close on three million unemployed at present.我想现在有将近300万失业人口。 She saw that it was close on ten and she had no time to do her make-up. We must have served close to a thousand burgers. He won close to 200,000 more votes than in the previous election. They received ad revenue of close to $1 billion. See also