almost
almost 英 [ˈɔ:lməʊst] 美 [ˈɔlmoʊst]
adv. 差不多,几乎
He is almost asleep. 他快睡着了。
almost no one took any rest. 几乎没有一个人歇过一下。
- Almost means "nearly," "roughly," or "not quite." If you're almost as tall as your brother, it means he's still just a bit taller than you are.
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- adv. 差不多,几乎
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1. He is almost asleep.
他快睡着了。
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2. almost no one took any rest.
几乎没有一个人歇过一下。
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3. She almost burned the roast.
她几乎烧焦了烤肉。
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4. He dines with friends almost every night.
他几乎每晚都和朋友们进餐。
al·most ★ / ˈɔːlməʊst ; NAmE ˈɔːlmoʊst / adverb not quite 几乎;差不多 SYN nearly ◆ I like almost all of them. 我差不多所有的都喜欢。 ◆ It's a mistake they almost always make. 这是他们几乎总要犯的错误。 ◆ The story is almost certainly false. 这个故事几乎肯定是虚构的。 ◆ It's almost time to go. 是差不多该走的时候了。 ◆ Dinner's almost ready. 饭就要做好了。 ◆ He slipped and almost fell. 他滑了一下,险些跌倒。 ◆ Their house is almost opposite ours. 他们的房子几乎正对着我们的房子。 ◆ They'll eat almost anything. 他们几乎什么都吃。 ◆ Almost no one (= hardly anyone)believed him. 几乎没人相信他的话。 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 almost / nearly / practically These three words have similar meanings and are used frequently with the following words. 上述三个近义词常与下列词语连用: almost ~ nearly ~ practically ~ certainly (numbers) all all all every every always no entirely every nothing impossible finished impossible empty died anything ■ They are used in positive sentences. 三词均用于肯定句: ◆ She almost/nearly/practically missed her train. 她差点儿误了火车。 They can be used before words like all, everyand everybody. 三词均可用于 all、every、everybody 等词前: ◆ Nearly all the students have bikes. 几乎所有学生都有自行车。 ◆ I’ve got practically every CD they’ve made. 他们灌制的每张激光唱片我几乎都有。 Practicallyis used more in spoken than in written English. Nearlyis the most common with numbers. *practically 多用于口语,少用于书面语。nearly 最常与数字连用: ◆ There were nearly 200 people at the meeting. 与会者有近 200 人。 They can also be used in negative sentences but it is more common to make a positive sentence with only just. 三词亦可用于否定句,但是用 only just 构成肯定句更常见: ◆ We only just got there in time. (or 或: ◆ We almost/nearly didn’t get there in time. ) 我们险些未能及时赶到那儿。 ■ Almostand practicallycan be used before words like any, anybody, anything,etc. *almost 和 practically 均可用于 any、anybody、anything 等词前: ◆ I’ll eat almost anything. 我几乎吃什么都行。 You can also use them before no, nobody, never,etc. but it is much more common to use hardlyor scarcelywith any, anybody, ever,etc. 这两个词亦可用于 no、nobody、never 等词前,但是这类情况更常用 hardly 或 scarcely 与 any、anybody、ever 等词搭配: ◆ She’s hardly ever in. (or 或: ◆ She’s almost never in. ) 她几乎从来不在家。 ■ Almostcan be used when you are saying that one thing is similar to another. 表示某物与另一物相似可用 almost: ◆ The boat looked almost like a toy. 这船看上去简直像个玩具。 ■ In BrEyou can use veryand sobefore nearly. 在英式英语中,nearly 前可用 very 和 so: ◆ He was very nearly caught. 他差点儿被抓住。 ■ ➱ note at hardly al·most / ˈɔːlməʊst ; NAmE ˈɔːlmoʊst /
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