nigh on

1 I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.

我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。

2 They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.

他们在那所房子里住了差不多30年了。

3 I've been one of your number one fans for nigh on three years now.

我一直是你的铁杆粉丝之一，到现在快3年了。

4 Two neighbors had been fighting each other for nigh on four decades.

两个邻居已经互相争斗了大约四十年.

5 Is a substantial financial shock at the core of the world economy nigh on irrelevant?

全球经济核心部分发生严重金融震荡几乎是不可能的 吗 ?

1 几乎

almost nearly practically well-nigh about much near damned near next to just about pretty much all but more or less