"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"
"the two phenomena are intimately connected"
"the person most nearly concerned"
1.几乎;差不多
nearly is used to indicate that something is not quite the case, or not completely the case.
e.g. Goldsworth stared at me in silence fornearly twenty seconds...
将近20秒的时间,戈兹沃思就那么一声不响地盯着我看。
e.g. Hunter knewnearly all of this already...
这事亨特几乎已全知道了。
2.即将;就要
nearly is used to indicate that something will soon be the case.
nearly
e.g. It was alreadynearly eight o'clock...
已经快8点了。
e.g. I wasnearly asleep...
我差不多都睡着了。
3.远远不;根本不;远非
You usenot nearly to emphasize that something is not the case.
nearly的反义词
e.g. Father's flat in Paris wasn'tnearly as grand as this...
爸爸在法国的公寓远不如这处宽敞。
e.g. Minerals in general are notnearly so well absorbed as other nutrients...
总体来说,矿物质远远不如其他营养成分好吸收。
1. 差不多:I live in a nearby house. 我住在附近的一所房子里. |nearly 差不多 | The job isnearly finished. 这工作差不多就完成了.
2. 将近;几乎:nearby 附近的 |nearly 将近,几乎 | neat 整洁的;灵巧的
3. 程度副词:7 连接副词 how, when, where, why, whether, however, meanwhile | 4 程度副词 almost,nearly, very, fairly, quite, rather | 8 关系副词 when, where, why