I think there are close on three million unemployed at present. 我想现在有将近300万失业人口。
She saw that it was close on ten and she had no time to do her make-up.
We must have served close to a thousand burgers.
He won close to 200,000 more votes than in the previous election.
They received ad revenue of close to $1 billion.
See also: close adjective adverb (SIMILAR)