| 正面 | 292.almost 英 ['ɔːlməʊst]美 ['ɔlmost]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. car 原被音译为“卡、卡车”，后来卡车含义缩小为专指“载货汽车”，于是就变成了 truck 的含义， 而 car 则用以泛指各种汽车。adv. 差不多，几乎 例句： 1. The representatives almost came to blows at a meeting.代表们在一次会议上差点动起手来。 almost 几乎组合词。al同all, 全部的。most, 大多数的。 almostalmost: [OE] Almost is simply a combination of all and most. In Anglo-Saxon times, and up until the 17th century, it meant ‘mostly all’ or ‘nearly all’ (thus one could say ‘My best friends are almost men’, meaning most of them are men); but already by the 13th century the modern sense ‘nearly, not quite’ was well in place.=> all, mostalmost (adv.)Old English eallmæst "nearly all, for the most part," literally "mostly all;" see all + most. Modern form from 15c." |