almost
/ˈɔːlməʊst; `ɔlˌmost/ adv 1 (used before advs, ns, adjs, vs, dets and prons 用于副词, 名词, 形容词, 动词, 限定词及代词之前) nearly; not quite 几乎; 差不多; 不十分: It's a mistake they almost always make. 那是他们几乎总要犯的错误. * It's almost time to go. 差不多是该走的时候了. * Dinner's almost ready. 饭差不多准备好了. * He slipped and almost fell. 他脚下一滑, 险些跌倒. * He's almost six feet tall. 他差不多有六英尺高. * Almost anything will do. 几乎什么都行. 2 (used before no, nobody, none, nothing, never 用于no, nobody, none, nothing, never之前) virtually; practically 实质上; 实际上; 简直: Almost no one (ie Hardly anyone) believed him. 实际上没有一个人相信他. * The speaker said almost nothing (ie scarcely anything) worth listening to. 那个发言人说的话简直没有一句值得听.NOTE ON USAGE 用法: Almost, nearly, scarcely and hardly are adverbs and can be used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns. *almost, nearly, scarcely和hardly都是副词, 均可与动词, 副词, 形容词和名词连用. 1 Almost and nearly are usually used in positive sentences *almost和nearly通常用于肯定句: She fell and almost/nearly broke her neck. 她跌倒了, 险些跌断了脖子. * He nearly/almost always arrives late. 他差不多总是迟到. 2 Almost can be used with negative words. *almost可与否定词连用. In these cases it can be replaced with hardly or scarcely *almost和否定词的组合可与hardly或scarcely互换: He ate almost nothing (= He ate hardly anything). 他几乎什么也没吃. * There's almost no space to sit(= There's hardly any space to sit). 差不多没地方坐了. 3 Hardly is generally preferred to almost + a negative verb 用hardly一般比用almost
