英:[ˈɔːlməʊst]
美:[ˈɔːlmoʊst]
英:[ˈɔːlməʊst]
美:[ˈɔːlmoʊst]
al·most
awl most [or] awl most
Adverb
1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';
"the job is (just) about done"
"the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"
"we're almost finished"
"the car all but ran her down"
"he nearly fainted"
"talked for nigh onto 2 hours"
"the recording is well-nigh perfect"
"virtually all the parties signed the contract"
"I was near exhausted by the run"
"most everyone agrees"
almost all几乎处处
这组词都有“大约,差不多”的意思,其区别是:
almost指在程度上相差很小,差不多。
approximately多用于书面语,指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
about常可分almost和nearly换用,但about用于表示时间、数量的“大约”时,实际数量可能多也可能少。
nearly与almost含义基本相同,侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
roughly指按精略估计,常代替about。
around多用于非正式场合,常见于美国英语。
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古英语 eallmæst “几乎全部,大部分”,字面意思是“大部分全部”; 参见 all 和 most。现代形式来自15世纪。原始意义现在通常由 almost all 表达; “非常接近,几乎”这个意义可以追溯到公元1200年。
Adverb Middle English, from Old English ealmǣst, from eall + mǣst most Adjective derivative of almost >entry 1
The first known use of almost was before the 12th century
almsnoun
something and especially money given to help the poor : charity
almsnoun
something and especially money given to help the poor : charity
almostadverb
only a little less than : nearly
we're almost finished
1 I felt in my almost empty pockets and looked up at him.
2 Some of the dialogue as written is so harsh as to be almost violent, so the editing makes a difference.
3 In the instant, almost of the blow being struck, the white man emitted something like a soft cough; his flashlight fell into the snow, a fast flick of vanishing light.
4 He's had it for almost a year and can't believe he's kept it alive.
5 I imagined our reunion for almost the entire flight.
6 It was now almost three thirty in the afternoon, and it would have been nice to have a Grapette soda and bite of hot dog.
7 Before this happened I was almost stuck in Jesus.
8 His face startled me — his expression was torn, almost pained, and so fiercely beautiful that the ache to touch him flared as strong as before.
9 “How would you feel if you were plunked right down in China in a small village with almost no hope of going back? Wouldn’t you be scared?”
10 After almost thirty minutes of pulling at his hair and chewing on the pencil, he began to compose a paragraph.
11 “I’m almost done, I hope. It was four pounds.”
12 Every day, Ivy wrote Keeper back, and it felt almost like having a pen pal.
13 It seems this war has cleared the roads of almost everything else.
14 “You didn’t tell your mom a lie, which she then told the whole town? About me dragging you to Atlantis...almost against your will? That lie?”
15 Many women I spoke with seemed almost proud of the cleverness of their shams.
和我交谈过的许多女性似乎都对她们高明的扯谎技巧感到近乎沾沾自喜.
16 The front door was closed almost before he was out of it.
17 We walked for almost an hour, just listening, enjoying being close to each other without the distraction of the others and the reminder that we were so much less than before.
18 His eyes, impossibly dark, almost black, those wells of kindness and familiarity.
19 He said, almost mechanically: "We must be very careful—" and stopped.
20 Irwin’s horses almost always won, and Irwin would clean out the locals, pack the horses back on the trains, and leave.
3 差不多
near nearly virtually well-nigh something next to just about pretty much near enough little short of as near as damn it of a muchness wellnigh more or less close on next door to so much practically close upon there or thereabouts well nigh most three-quarters much of a muchness not quite scant about near- sub- be much of a muchness close to as much as all but pretty well anywhere near plus-minus some roughly similarly nigh come close to doing come close to to doing more like come close of the order of in the order of in the region of borderline hardly quite damned near in the ballpark around literally feckly half near as damn it about and about had like to have done there or thereabout just on
4 几乎
nigh most near nearly virtually practically well-nigh just about pretty much all but close on within an ace of as near as damn it to all intents and purposes getting on for all about just much next next door like literally pretty well so much as just on as near as pretty nearly well nigh fit three-quarters quasi- semi- next to short of not quite next door to none too within an inch of near- sub- come within an ace of close to going on as much as more or less as good as anywhere near near enough by inches close within an ace of doing within an ace of of doing nigh on damned near halfway quasi wellnigh feckly half by a hair near as damn it had like to have done anear by a turn of a hair by the turn of a hair nothing short of come near little short of
5 实际上
practical virtual really indeed effectively virtually practically to all intents for practical purposes in fact in effect as good as in reality at bottom little better than
6 近似
similar near approximate proximal proximate come-and-go nearly approach alliance affinity approximation propinquity border incline
9 近乎
11 差一点