"the town is close at hand"
"retribution is at hand"
"some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"
"in imminent danger"
"his impending retirement"
1. 在身边：在这里说的不在他手上推测说的是他没有那资料,应该说的是inhand,而不是没有带在身边(athand)在这里说的不在他手上推测说的是他没有那资料,应该说的是inhand,而不是没有带在身边(athand)
2. 在手边,在附近：at full speed 以全速 |athand 在手边;在附近 |at heart 在内心里;实质上
3. 近在手边,在附近：in half 成两半 |athand 近在手边,在附近 | byhand 用手,用体力
4. 近在手头,在附近：at first最初,起先 |athand近在手头,在附近 |at large详尽地,普遍地;未被捕获的
他总是把女朋友的相片放在身边。
Election day is at hand.大选日即将到来。
I haven't my photograph album at hand, but I'll show it to you later.我的照像簿不在手边，以后我再拿给你看。
Your big moment is at hand.你的重大时刻即将到来。
He lives close at hand.他住在附近。
Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful.手头上有合适的设备将会帮上大忙。
Somewhere close at hand a train rattled by.一辆火车从我的身边轰隆隆地开过。
When he writes , he always keeps a dictionary at hand.他写作时手边总备有一本词典.
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.
Victory is at hand.胜利即将到来.
Realizing that his retirement was near at hand, he looked for some additional income.意识到自己快要退休了，他想要挣些外快。
Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just in case it is needed.身边应多准备一些开水，以备不时之需。
Please concentrate on the business at hand and don't drag in irrelevant issues.请你集中谈这件事,不要牵扯其他问题.
These remarks don't have any relationship to the problem at hand; they are incongruous and should be stricken from the record.这些话与眼下的问题无关, 它们是不恰当的,应从记录中删除.
' What evil thing is at hand ? ' would Hester say to herself.每逢这种时刻,海丝特总会自忖: “ 我又遇到什么魔杖了 吗 ? ”
A rocket bomb must have dropped quite near at hand.准是附近掉了个火箭弹.
He had to keep his mind on the business at hand.他一定得把心放在生意上.
Here are Crabbe's Tales, and the Idler, at hand to relieve you.这里还有克拉卜的《故事集》和《懒汉》, 可以随手拿来消遣.
Now the long awaited winter vacation is near at hand.等待好久的寒假快要到啦.
