at hand 详细解释

at hand

adv. 在手边(在附近, 即将到来)

1. 在手边

I haven't my book at hand.

我的书不在手边。

2. 即将到来

He believes that the great day is at hand.

他相信这个伟大的日子就要到来。

词义辨析

同义参见:

accessible  near  available  

英英释义

形容词 at hand:

close in space; within reach

同义词:close at hand

close in time; about to occur

同义词:close at hand, imminent, impendent, impending

补充

at handat hand1.在手边, 在附近, 即将来临Soon school will end and the vacation will be at hand.学期快结束了, 假期即将到来。This reported there was trouble at hand.这说明麻烦即将到来。

例句

1. Fortunately, I was at hand to give advice.幸运的是, 我当时就在近旁, 能给出建议。 2. She likes to keep the phone (close) at hand.她喜欢把电话放在手边。 3. We need to address the problem at hand [=the particular problem we are dealing with] and not argue about these other issues.我们需要解决眼前的问题,不要讨论这些其他问题。