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单词 almost
释义
almost
adverb
uk
/ˈɔːl.məʊst/us
/ˈɑːl.moʊst/
A2
nearly:
几乎，差不多，差一点，将近
She's almost 30.她差不多快30了。
It was almost six o'clock when heleft.他离开时将近6点了。
I almostwishI hadn'tinvitedhim.我甚至有点希望自己没邀请他。
It'llcostalmost as much torepairit as it would tobuya new one.修理要花的钱差不多都可以买个新的了。
Almostallthepassengerson theferrywereFrench.渡船上的乘客几乎都是法国人。
They'll almostcertainlyforgetto do it.几乎可以肯定他们会忘记做这件事的。
Thetownwas almostentirelydestroyedduring thewar.战争期间，这个城市几乎完全被夷为平地。
We werebittenbymosquitoesalmosteverynight.几乎每天晚上我们都挨蚊子叮。
Theboatsankalmostimmediatelyafter it hadstrucktherock.船撞到岩石上，几乎一瞬间就沉了。
Mostartistsfindit almostimpossibleto make alivingfromartalone.多数艺术家发现几乎不可能只靠艺术谋生。
Synonyms
about
near
nearly
nighold-fashionedorliterary
virtually
well-nigh
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not completely
  • almostWe need to hurry up - it's almost time to go.
  • nearlyIt's nearly midnight.
  • nearHe was near tears(= almost crying).
  • aboutAre you about ready to leave?
  • all butThe concert was all but over by the time we arrived.
  • well-nighIt was well-nigh impossible to get a person on the phone these days.
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More examples
  • It took us almost adayto get here.
  • Thesocialistpartyhave been inofficefor almost tenyears.
  • Herpaintingsare almostphotographicintheirdetailandaccuracy.
  • Tyres are almost always made ofrubber.
  • Acarsuddenlyappearedfromnowhereand almost made mefalloff mypony.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Almost
  • a hop, skip, and a jumpidiom
  • about
  • as good asidiom
  • as much asidiom
  • be on the way tosomethingidiom
  • intent
  • more
  • more or lessidiom
  • much
  • near
  • part
  • sub
  • that was close!idiom
  • the best/better part ofidiom
  • to/for all intents and purposesidiom
  • up to(doing) somethingidiom
  • verge
  • verge onsomething
  • virtual
  • way
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Grammar

Almostornearly?
We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things. In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used:…
(Definition ofalmostfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

almost| American Dictionary

almost
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈɔlˌmoʊst,ɔlˈmoʊst/
nearlybut notquite:
It’llcostalmost as much torepairyourcomputeras tobuya new one.
We werebittenbymosquitoesalmost everynight.
(Definition ofalmostfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofalmost

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In contrast, the nonspatial characteristics of the target (such as its weight or function) arealmostcompletely unlikely to change after the movement is planned.
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Most disturbing is the finding that once players learn that their opponent has either cooperated or defected,almostall defect.
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Because instrumented code is (almost) ordinary source, it can be processed by the ordinary compiler.
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Again, in this application the theory simplifies because of lack of a paternal genetic effect on the fruits (tomatoes arealmostpurely maternal tissue).
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Limitedalmostexclusively to problems of spatial perception, that analysis gives short shrift to even the most fundamental issues of psychological or physiological import.
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Clearly, for values of around 1, this cannot be expected because past inflation hasalmostno predictive power.
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A brief excerpt, selectedalmostat random, may hint at its flavor.
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To account for the simultaneous increase in length constant of the horizontal cell's receptive field, the junctional conductance would have to increasealmost8-fold.
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The name has survived the demise of the political power with which it was originally identified byalmostthree centuries.
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Italmostseems as if the difficulties surrounding the 1929 conference made everyone involved hesitate to approach the issue again.
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Yet despite the initial optimism surrounding it, the commissionalmostimmediately suffered setbacks.
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These temperatures arealmostidentical to those that occur at the time of cotyledon emergence in early spring.
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It isalmostcertain that such an appearance never took place.
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It also demonstrates why that process tookalmosttwenty-five years to begin.
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Patients assigned to the ' generalized eating disorder ' cluster were rated as having more severe symptoms inalmostevery respect except weight.
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