nearly
- adv.几乎;将近;差不多
near adv.近 + -ly ...地
nearlyadv.
几乎；差不多；将近
almost; not quite; not completely
The bottle's nearly empty.
这瓶子差不多空了。
I've worked here for nearly two years.
我已经在这里工作了将近两年。
It's nearly time to leave.
快该走了。
The audience was nearly all men.
观众几乎全都是男的。
He's nearly as tall as you are.
他差不多和你一样高了。
They're nearly always late.
他们几乎总是迟到。
She very nearly died.
她差点儿死了。
These three words have similar meanings and are used frequently with the following words.上述三个近义词常与下列词语连用：
almost ~ |
nearly ~ |
practically ~ |
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certainly |
(numbers) |
all |
all |
all |
every |
every |
always |
no |
entirely |
every |
nothing |
impossible |
finished |
impossible |
empty |
died |
anything |
They are used in positive sentences.三词亦可用于否定句，但是用only just构成肯定句更常见：
She almost/nearly/practically missed her train.
她差点儿误了火车。
Nearly all the students have bikes.
几乎所有学生都有自行车。
I’ve got practically every CD they’ve made.
他们灌制的每张激光唱片我几乎都有。
There were nearly 200 people at the meeting.
与会者有近200人。
We only just got there in time. (或：We almost/nearly didn’t get there in time.)
我们险些未能及时赶到那儿。
Almost and practically can be used before words like any , anybody , anything , etc.这两个词亦可用于no、nobody、never等词前，但是这类情况更常用hardly或scarcely与any、anybody、ever等词搭配：
I’ll eat almost anything.
我几乎什么都吃。
She’s hardly ever in. (或：She’s almost never in.)
她几乎从来不在家。
Almost can be used when you are saying that one thing is similar to another.表示某物与另一物相似可用almost：
The boat looked almost like a toy.
这船看上去简直像个玩具。
In BrE you can use very and so before nearly .在英国英语中，nearly前可用very和so：
He was very nearly caught.
他差点儿被抓住。
nearly
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ADV-GRADED 几乎;差不多
Nearly is used to indicate that something is not quite the case, or not completely the case.Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds...
将近20秒的时间，戈兹沃思就那么一声不响地盯着我看。
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ADV-GRADED 即将;就要
Nearly is used to indicate that something will soon be the case.It was already nearly eight o'clock...
已经快8点了。
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PHRASE 远远不;根本不;远非
You use not nearly to emphasize that something is not the case.Father's flat in Paris wasn't nearly as grand as this...
爸爸在法国的公寓远不如这处宽敞。
adv
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1
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished;all but
- the job is (just) about done
- the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
- we're almost finished
- the car all but ran her down
- he nearly fainted
- talked for nigh onto 2 hours
- the recording is well-nigh perfect
- virtually all the parties signed the contract
- I was near exhausted by the run
- most everyone agrees
- Synonym: about almost most near nigh virtually well-nigh
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2
- in a close manner
- the two phenomena are intimately connected
- the person most nearly concerned
- Synonym: closely intimately
数据来源：WordNet
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Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry .
对变革的抵制几乎毁了这个行业。
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They 're nearly always late .
他们几乎总是迟到。
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There isn 't nearly enough time to get there now .
现在根本没有足够的时间赶到那儿。
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I 've worked here for nearly two years .
我已经在这里工作了将近两年。
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Although he 's nearly 80 , he is still very active .
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
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There were nearly 200 people at the meeting .
与会者有近200人。
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It 's nearly time to leave .
快该走了。
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We had to sit through nearly two hours of speeches .
我们不得不耐着性子听完将近两个小时的讲话。
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To look at him you 'd never think he was nearly fifty .
看他的外表，谁也想不到他年近五十了。
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It 's nearly the end of term .
学期快要结束了。
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I nearly gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books .
提那一大堆书差点儿让我得了疝气。
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He has invited nearly a hundred people but a lot aren 't able to come .
他邀请了差不多一百人，但很多人都来不了。
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I nearly died laughing when she said that .
她说那话时，我差点给笑死。
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The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes .
濒临灭绝物种的名单中列有将近600种鱼。
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His talk nearly sent me to sleep .
他的讲话差点让我睡着了。
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Phew ! That was close ─ that car nearly hit us .
啊！好险！那辆车差点儿撞上我们。
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Her eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw them .
她一看到他们，眼睛瞪得快要掉出来了。
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The audience was nearly all men .
观众几乎全都是男的。
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Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million .
尼日利亚有近1亿人口。
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He 's nearly as tall as you are .
他差不多和你一样高了。
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The event will be telecast simultaneously to nearly 150 cities .
这一盛事将向近150个城市同时进行电视广播。
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Nearly 1 000 students jammed into the hall .
近1000名学生挤到礼堂里。
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A serious injury nearly wrecked his career .
一次重伤差点儿葬送了他的前程。
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He 's not nearly such a good writer as he 's cracked up to be .
他远不是人们所说的那种优秀作家。
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Nearly all the students have bikes .
几乎所有学生都有自行车。
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I must have drifted off , because when I woke we were nearly home .
我一定是睡着了，因为我醒来时我们已快到家了。
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In attempting to save the child from drowning , she nearly lost her own life .
她在抢救落水儿童时，自己差点丧命。
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All the publicity nearly sent him crazy .
成天生活在公众的注意之下让他差一点发疯了。
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The floodwater nearly reached roof level .
洪水几乎涨到屋顶。
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Are you nearly ready ?
你快准备好了吗？
常与数字连用，表示在数量、时间、面积等方面的接近；与副词、动词等连用时，多表示程度上的接近。
The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the world's surface.
海洋几乎占地球表面的四分之三。
It was nearly six o'clock.
快6点钟了。
She was nearly drowned.
她差点儿被淹死。
指在程度、数量等方面十分接近。
Our work is almost completed.
我们的工作差不多完成了。
Almost everybody spoke.
几乎每个人都发了言。
There was almost no snow that winter.
那年冬天几乎没有下雪。
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