近日的英文：
in the past few days
recently
in the last few days

参考例句：

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table
近日圣代冰淇淋降价销售。一天，一个10岁男孩走进一家宾馆里的咖啡店，然后坐在一张桌子旁。

The market has been in a depressed state these days.
近日市场不景气。

The recent trouble(s)in South Africa
南非近日的动乱

This year's enrolment of the examination for Postgraduates has finished recently.
今年的研究生考试报名工作近日结束。

It was agreed that in keeping with her travelling schedule she will be discharged pretty soon.
根据患者旅行安排,同意近日出院。

These days crimes against humanities are burning issue.
近日，反人道主义的犯罪是一个热点话题。

The electrician will come round to collect the electricity fee for the month one of these days.
近日电工将来收取这个月的电费。

This years enrolment of the examination for Postgraduates has finished recently
·今年的研究生考试报名工作近日结束。

His behaviour is explicable in the light of his recent illness.
他因近日患病，这种表现是可以理解的。

Former US President Bill Clinton's long-awaited memoirs will go on sale in June, his publishers have announced
美国前总统比尔·克林顿的出版商近日宣布，盼望已久的克林顿回忆录将于6月面市。

past是什么意思：
n. 过去；往事
adj. 以前的；结束了的；过去式的
adv. 以前地；经过，超过
prep. 在…之后，晚于；再也无法；经过，越过；超过

The past is the prologue.
前事不忘，后事之师。

He pasted the wall with Burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.
他用粗麻布贴墙。墙上沾满了污点

It happened far back in the past.
这事发生在久远的过去。

days是什么意思：
n. 一天；白昼，白天；工作日；时代，时期

Things go on day by day.
事情逐日进行着。

Day by day the situation is improving.
情况在一天天地好转。

Like this, day after day.
就这样，日复一日。

recently是什么意思：
adv. 最近，近来

Can you quote a recent instance?
你能举出一个最近的例证吗?

It was a casualty of the recent spending cuts.
它是近来削减经费开支的受害者。

In recent months, goods are on the advance.
最近几个月来，物价有所上涨。