Almost
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adv. 幾乎，差不多;將近;快要;近乎;
?? 詞根助記
al(all)+most→差不多；幾乎(=nearly)
?? 例句
Splenomegaly is almost constant.
脾腫大幾乎是經常存在的。
An almost lower bound is defined similarly as an almost upper bound.
殆下界的定義與殆上界是類似的。
He felt almost intolerably lonely.
他感到幾乎難以忍受的寂寞。
'You dear boy! 'murmured Bertha, almost crying.
“好孩子
In almost all cases, blunt rather than sharp trailing edges are used.
在幾乎所有的情況下，卻使用鈍的面不是尖的后緣。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ al-all所有的,mo-拼音“摸”,st-拼音“石頭”:幾乎所有的人都在摸石頭
※ al-all所有的,mo-拼音“摸”,st-街道:差不多所有的盲人都摸到街道上去了
※ al-all所有的,mo-拼音“磨”,st-拼音“蒜頭”:一個老伯伯在磨蒜頭,磨了一整天,幾乎把一萬個蒜頭磨完了
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?? 牛津釋義
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adv
1 (used before advs, ns, adjs, vs, dets and prons 用於副詞, 名詞, 形容詞, 動詞, 限定詞及代詞之前) nearly; not quite 幾乎; 差不多; 不十分
It's a mistake they almost always make. 那是他們幾乎總要犯的錯誤.
It's almost time to go. 差不多是該走的時候了.
Dinner's almost ready. 飯差不多準備好了.
He slipped and almost fell. 他腳下一滑, 險些跌倒.
He's almost six feet tall. 他差不多有六英尺高.
Almost anything will do. 幾乎什么都行.
2 (used before no, nobody, none, nothing, never 用於no, nobody, none, nothing, never之前) virtually; practically 實質上; 實際上; 簡直
Almost no one (ie Hardly anyone) believed him. 實際上沒有一個人相信他.
The speaker said almost nothing (ie scarcely anything) worth listening to. 那個發言人說的話簡直沒有一句值得聽. almost, 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都是副詞, 均可與動詞, 副詞, 形容詞和名詞連用.
1 Almost and nearly are usually used in positive sentences *almost和nearly通常用於肯定句
She fell and almost/nearly broke her neck. 她跌倒了, 險些跌斷了脖子.
He nearly/almost always arrives late. 他差不多總是遲到.
2 Almost can be used with negative words. *almost可與否定詞連用. In these cases it can be replaced with hardly or scarcely *almost和否定詞的組合可與hardly或scarcely互換
He ate almost nothing (= He ate hardly anything). 他幾乎什么也沒吃.
There's almost no space to sit(= There's hardly any space to sit). 差不多沒地方坐了.
3 Hardly is generally preferred to almost + a negative verb 用hardly一般比用almost+ 動詞否定式為宜
She sang so quietly that I could hardly hear her (not I almost couldn't hear). 她唱的聲音很小, 我幾乎聽不見（不說 I almost couldn't hear）.
4 In sentences indicating one thing happening immediately after another, hardly and scarcely can be placed at the beginning of the sentence and then subject and verb are inverted 表示一件事緊接另一件事發生的句中, 可將hardly和scarcely置於句首, 然後將主語和動詞的位置互換
Hardly/Scarcely had we arrived, when it began to rain. 我們剛一到就下起雨來了.
?? 考研助記
all(所有)+most(大部分):- 幾乎
?? 擴展釋義
*['?:lm?ust]ad. 幾乎, 差不多
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and left ... push ... push ... turn ... hit the floor.
向左……推……推……轉身……坐地板。
Might overcomes right.
強權壓倒公理。
The price increases haven't been too bad at all.
沒有漲太多。