Almost
[ 'ɔlmost ]
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adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 词根助记
al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
📝 例句
Splenomegaly is almost constant.
脾肿大几乎是经常存在的。
An almost lower bound is defined similarly as an almost upper bound.
殆下界的定义与殆上界是类似的。
He felt almost intolerably lonely.
他感到几乎难以忍受的寂寞。
'You dear boy! 'murmured Bertha, almost crying.
“好孩子
In almost all cases, blunt rather than sharp trailing edges are used.
在几乎所有的情况下，却使用钝的面不是尖的后缘。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ al-all所有的,mo-拼音“摸”,st-拼音“石头”:几乎所有的人都在摸石头
※ 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“蒜头”:一个老伯伯在磨蒜头,磨了一整天,几乎把一万个蒜头磨完了
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
lmost
adv
1 (used before advs, ns, adjs, vs, dets and prons 用於副词, 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 用於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. 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通常用於肯定句
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+ 动词否定式为宜
She sang so quietly that I could hardly hear her (not I almost couldn't hear). 她唱的声音很小, 我几乎听不见（不说 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 表示一件事紧接另一件事发生的句中, 可将hardly和scarcely置於句首, 然後将主语和动词的位置互换
Hardly/Scarcely had we arrived, when it began to rain. 我们刚一到就下起雨来了.
🎯 考研助记
all(所有)+most(大部分):- 几乎
🔁 扩展释义
*['ɒ:lmәust]ad. 几乎, 差不多
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The security guard asked the stranger for some I.D.
保安要求陌生人出示身份证。
There is no place like home.
再好之处不如自己家。
Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
尽管路面布满石头，坑坑洼洼，但布鲁斯却一点儿不慌乱。