almost 与 nearly的语法区别 (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。
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almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多总是迟到。
The girl
nearly(almost)fainted. 这姑娘差点(几乎)晕倒了。
They have
almost [nearly] run out of food. 他们的食品几乎(差不多)已经吃完了。
He went out
almost [nearly] every evening. 他几乎(差不多)每天晚上都出去。
It was
nearly [almost] five thirty. 几乎已经五点半了。
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 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. 我真有点后悔没在家里呆着。
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