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almost 与 nearly的语法区别

2009-10-24来源:和谐英语

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。

He 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。