nearby

Compared meaning: close in distance (adjective).

比较义项：距离近的（形容词）。

• near

  The general, neutral word for physical closeness; used as an adjective or preposition and can go directly before a noun (near the park) without 'to'; the most common and everyday of the three.

  这是三者中最普通、最中性的说法；可作形容词或介词，直接用在名词前（near the park），不需要加“to”；也是日常口语中最常用的一个。

  Their new apartment is near the subway station, which makes commuting easy.

  他们的新公寓离地铁站很近，这让通勤变得很方便。

• adjacent

  Implies being right next to something, often touching or sharing a border, with no gap between them; more formal, common in technical or descriptive writing; when linking to a noun it needs 'to' (adjacent to the hospital).

  强调紧靠在一起，常常是相接或共用边界，几乎没有间隔；语气比较正式，常见于技术性或描述性的文字中；接名词时要加“to”（adjacent to the hospital）。

  The pharmacy is adjacent to the hospital, sharing the same parking lot.

  这家药店紧邻医院，和医院共用同一个停车场。

• nearby 本词

  Describes something a short distance away from a known point; usually stands alone as an adverb or sits right before the noun (a nearby bakery), rather than linking directly to another noun the way 'near' does.

  表示离某个已知地点不远；通常单独作副词使用，或直接放在名词前面（a nearby bakery），而不像“near”那样可以直接连接另一个名词。

  There's a great bakery nearby, so we never run out of fresh bread.

  附近有一家很棒的面包店，所以我们从不缺新鲜面包。

Near, adjacent, and nearby all describe closeness. Near is the most common, used directly before a noun, as in near the park. Adjacent means right next to something, more formal, as in adjacent to the hospital. Nearby usually stands alone.

这三个词都表示距离很近，但语气和用法有区别：near 最常用、最中性，可直接接名词；adjacent 强调紧靠甚至相接，语气更正式，须搭配“to”；nearby 通常单独作副词或直接放在名词前，不像 near 那样直接连接另一个名词。