1.This problem of the human site or living space is not simply that of knowing whether there will be enough space for men in the world -a problem that is certainly quite important - but also that of knowing what relations of propinquity, what type of storage, circulation, marking, and classification of human elements should be adopted in a given situation in order to achieve a given end.
人们选址和生存空间的问题不只是象搞清楚世界上是否有足够的空间给人类（这个问题当然很重要）那么简单，而是了解亲缘关系，了解人类诸要素中，哪些要素为了达成特定的（假定的，预设的）结果,其存储、循环、标记和分类，将被采用在特定的（假定的，预设的）情景里面。
2.houses in close propinquity to the beach
在海边附近的房子
3.The neighbours lived in close propinquity toeach other.
这些邻居住得很近.
4.Cultured, idealistic, sympathetic, he seemed to Tess a demigod, and though she had sworn herself to celibacy, the enforced propinquity ripened into intimacy and drifted into love.
他有教养，有理想，富有同情心，在苔丝看来，他是象神一样的人。虽然她曾发誓不嫁，但是由于工作上不得不和他接近，他们逐渐亲密了起来，苔丝终于坠入情网。
5.trees in close propinquity to the house
离房子很近的树木
6.They are cousins of propinquity.
他们是血统很近的表亲。
7.events in close propinquity to each other
在时间上彼此距离很近的事件
8.They are both cousins of his, but not of the same degree of propinquity.
他们两都是他的表弟，但是在血缘上不同程度相近。
