The next period of time, event, person, or thing is the one that comes immediately after the present one or after the previous one.
I got up early the next morning.
第二天早晨我起得很早。
the next available flight.
下一趟可以乘坐的航班。
Who will be the next mayor?
谁将是下一任市长呢?
You use next in expressions such as Friday next to refer, for example, to the first Friday that comes after the present or previous one.
I'll be 26 years old on Friday next.
我下周五就26岁了。
The next place or person is the one that is nearest to you or that is the first one that you come to.
Grace sighed so heavily that Trish could hear it in the next room.
格雷丝沉沉地叹息声连在隔壁房间的特雷什都能听到。
The man in the next chair was asleep.
邻座的男子睡着了。
The thing that happens next is the thing that happens immediately after something else.
Next, close your eyes then screw them up tight.
接着,合上双眼,再闭紧。
I don't know what to do next.
我不知道接着该做什么了。
When you next do something, you do it for the first time since you last did it.
I next saw him at his house in Vermont.
我在他佛蒙特州的家里再次见到了他。
You use next to say that something has more of a particular quality than all other things except one. For example, the thing that is next best is the one that is the best except for one other thing.
The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing.
他唯一没有的就是儿子,我想他觉得有个外孙也不错。
You use next in expressions such as next Friday, next day and next year to refer, for example, to the first Friday, day, or year that comes after the present or previous one.
Let's plan a big night next week.
我们下周组织一次盛大的晚会吧。
He retires next January.
他明年1月份退休。
as the next
If you say that you do something or experience something as much as the next person, you mean that you are no different from anyone else in the respect mentioned.
I enjoy pleasure as much as the next person.
我和别人一样愉快。
after next
You use after next in expressions such as the week after next to refer to a period of time after the next one. For example, when it is May, the month after next is July.
the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next.
将在下下周举行该党年会。
next to
If one thing is next to another thing, it is at the other side of it.
She sat down next to him on the sofa.
她挨着他坐在沙发上。
at the southern end of the Gaza Strip next to the Egyptian border.
在邻近埃及边境的加沙地带南端。
You use next to in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect.
Her children were the number two priority in her life next to her career.
在她的生活中,孩子的重要性次于事业,位居第二。
You use next to before a negative, or a word that suggests something negative, to mean almost, but not completely.
Johnson still knew next to nothing about tobacco.
约翰逊仍然对烟草几乎一无所知。
You use next after expressions such as this month and this year to refer, for example, to the first month or year that comes after the present one.
He predicted that the region's economy would grow by about six per cent both this year and next.
他预测该地区今年和明年的经济增长率都将在6左右。