almost

英['ɔːlməʊst]美['ɔːlmoʊst]
  • adv. 几乎；差不多
  • adj. 相近的

    • 记忆方法

    组合记忆法
    组合词。al同all，所有的，全部的。most，大多数的，大部分的=所有的大部分的=几乎。
      adverb(副词)
      1. 几乎，差不多，差一点，将近

    双解例句

    adverb(副词)
    1. 几乎，差不多，差一点，将近

      She's almost 30.

      她差不多快30了。

      It was almost six o'clock when he left.

      他离开时将近6点了。

      I almost wish I hadn't invited him.

      我甚至有点希望自己没邀请他。

      It'll cost almost as much to repair it as it would to buy a new one.

      修理要花的钱差不多都可以买个新的了。

      Almost all the passengers on the ferry were French.

      渡船上的乘客几乎都是法国人。

      They'll almost certainly forget to do it.

      几乎可以肯定他们会忘记做这件事的。

      The town was almost entirely destroyed during the war.

      战争期间，这个城市几乎完全被夷为平地。

      We were bitten by mosquitoes almost every night.

      几乎每天晚上我们都挨蚊子叮。

      The boat sank almost immediately after it had struck the rock.

      船撞到岩石上，几乎一瞬间就沉了。

      Most artists find it almost impossible to make a living from art alone.

      多数艺术家发现几乎不可能只靠艺术谋生。

    小知识

    Almost means “nearly,” “roughly,” or “not quite.” If you're almost as tall as your brother, it means he's still just a bit taller than you are.

    If you almost got a great job, you came close but weren't ultimately successful, and if you're almost qualified to get your pilot's license, nobody's going to let you fly a plane quite yet. The adverb almost is perfect for describing things you come close to doing, or states you haven't yet reached. It has an Old English root, eallm?st, “nearly all,” or literally, “mostly all.”

    实用短语

    1. almost famous

      成名在望,成名之路,几近成名,近乎成名

    2. almost human

      机器之心,似人非人,人形警察天使心,接近人类

    3. almost everywhere

      几平处处,

    4. almost prime

    5. almost surely

      几乎必然,

    6. memory almost full

      记忆将满,唱片名,内存将满

    7. almost complex manifold

    8. almost asleep

      快要睡着了,将近睡着了,我几乎睡着了,差不多完成了

    9. you're almost here

      你几乎就在身边,你总是来晚了一步,你总在我左右

    常用短语

    1. almost all

      几乎处处

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些副词均有”大约，差不多”的意思
    almost：指在程度上相差很小，差不多。
    nearly与almost含义基本相同，侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
    about：常可分almost和nearly换用，但about用于表示时间、数量的”大约”时，实际数量可能多也可能少。
    approximately：多用于书面语，指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
    around：多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。
    roughly：指按精略估计，常代替about。
    重要短语
    almost all几乎处处

    词根词缀

    词根: al

    =all,表示”全部”,也有加强之易

    • adv.

      almost 几乎, 差不多

      al全部+most最多→adv.几乎, 差不多

      already 已经

      al全部+ready准备→全部准备好了

      also 也, 同样

      al全部+so如此→全部如此→也,同样

      altogether 完全地, 总而言之;总之;总共

      al全部+together共同, 一起→adv.完全地, 总而言之;总之;总共

    • conj.

      although 虽然, 尽管

      al加强+though虽然→conj.虽然, 尽管

    同义词辨析

    almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly

    这些副词均有”大约，差不多”之意。

    • almost：指在程度上相差很小，差不多。
    • nearly与almost含义基本相同，侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
    • about：常可分almost和nearly换用，但about用于表示时间、数量的”大约”时，实际数量可能多也可能少。
    • approximately：多用于书面语，指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
    • around：多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。
    • roughly：指按精略估计，常代替about。

    同义词

    adv.几乎,差不多

    to  /  just  /  about  /  nearly  /  close

    其他释义

    about  /  really  /  close  /  practically  /  nearly  /  virtually  /  halfway  /  just  /  to