near and dear

基本解釋

Very recently someone near and dear to me had a breast cancer scare.
不久前我的一位近親驚患乳腺癌。
Concerning those who are near and dear, we prefer anger to indifference.
對于那些親近和親愛的人，我們喜歡憤怒勝于漠然。
That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.
這個故事必然對一些人來說親近又珍貴,對那些古代以色列和近東的聽眾，那就具備了復述故事的一切要素。

That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.
這個故事必然對一些人來說親近又珍貴,對那些古代以色列和近東的聽眾，那就具備了復述故事的一切要素。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節(jié)選
A subject that's near and dear to my heart. Being an English teacher, it is my worst nightmare.
這個問題真的與我息息相關(guān)。作為一名英語老師，它就是我的噩夢。
對于抄襲的想法 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人
This is actually something very near and dear to my heart because I literally would not be doing what I do in life today had I not taken a couple of courses here, this one in particular, pass fail.
事實上，我是很關(guān)心的,因為今天我就不會站在這里,如果當初我沒有這里上課的話，這門課，要么過要么掛科。
哈佛公開課 - 計算機科學課程節(jié)選