音标：['ɒ:lmәust]
ad. 几乎, 差不多
英汉词典
almost的短语、例句：
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.
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