nearly

nearly

英 ['nɪəlɪ]
　　美 ['nɪrli]

adv. 差不多，幾乎；密切地

adv.(副詞)nearly的基本意思是“幾乎,差不多”,強調“尚有不足”,表示事情“想要做而沒做成”“很可能發生但還未發生”的程度,可修飾名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞和介詞。nearly可用在all, every之類的詞之前。nearly無比較級和最高級形式。not nearly的意思是“遠非”,不可誤解為“幾乎不”。

中文詞源：

nearly 幾乎，差不多

near,靠近，-ly,形容詞後綴。

例句：

1. It is nearly always women who are the primary care givers.
從事初級保健護理工作的幾乎都是女性。

2. Their countries had been at war for nearly six weeks.
他們的國傢陷入戰爭狀態已將近6個星期瞭。

3. New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week.
新的飲食類書籍差不多一周出一本。

4. Investigators say nearly $100,000 was wired into the suspect's bank accounts.
調查人員說有近10萬美元匯入瞭嫌疑人的銀行賬戶。

5. His increasing alignment with the Reagan administration nearly cost him re-election.
與裡根政府日益緊密的關系差點讓他失去瞭連任的機會。