几乎 nearly almost (1) 两者都可用来修饰不定代词、形容词、副词、动词、介词短语等,此时两者常可换用：It’s almost [nearly] impossible.那几乎是不可能的.He almost [nearly] always arrives late.他差不多总是迟到. He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg.他摔了一跤,险些摔断了腿.(2) almost 可用于 any 以及 no,none,nobody,nothing,never 等否定词之前,但 nearly 一般不这样用：Almost any man can do it.几乎任何人都会做.Almost no one came to the party.几乎没有人来参加晚会.但是,两者都可用在否定动词之前： He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus.他差点没赶上公共汽车.(3) nearly 前可用 very,pretty,not 等词修饰,但 almost 之前不能用这些词：It’s not nearly so difficult as you think.这远不像你想像的那么难. 【注】not nearly 【注】not nearly 意为“远非”,very [pretty] nearly 意为“几乎”,都是习语.(4) 有时 almost 可表示十分相似(但又不完全相同),此时不用 nearly： I almost wish I’d stayed at home.I almost wish I’d stayed at home.我真有点后悔没在家里呆着.几乎不 hardly scarcely
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