| 释义 |
[/ˈɔːlməust; ˋɔlˏmost/] adv 用法:
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. 用法:
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 2
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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）.用法:
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. |