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almost adv.几乎；差不多adj.相近的 (1) 他脚下一滑，险些跌倒。(2) 她的儿子死去时，她悲伤得几乎疯了。(3) 这件事几乎是与那件事同时发生的。(4) 这座桥差不多有两公里长。(5) 他几近厚颜无耻的态度把那个女孩给惹恼了。 If you almost got a great job, you came close but weren't ultimately successful, and if you're almost qualified to get your pilot's license, nobody's going to let you fly a plane quite yet. The adverb almost is perfect for describing things you come close to doing, or states you haven't yet reached. It has an Old English root, eallmæst, "nearly all," or literally, "mostly all."

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英 ['ɔːlməʊst] 美 ['ɔːlmoʊst] (1) He slipped and almost fell.(2) She was almost mad with grief when her son died.(3) This event was almost simultaneous with that one.(4) The bridge is almost 2 kilometres long.(5) The girl was annoyed by his almost impudence. Almost means "nearly," "roughly," or "not quite." If you're almost as tall as your brother, it means he's still just a bit taller than you are. 1[ADV 副词]几乎；差不多 You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.   [ADV group]The couple had been dating for almost three years...这对情侣相恋已近3年。Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently...最近几乎整个英国都受到了暴风雨的侵袭。The effect is almost impossible to describe...这种影响几乎无法用言语描述。He was almost as tall as Pete, but skinnier...他和皮特差不多高，但更瘦。The arrested man will almost certainly be kept at this police station...几乎可以肯定，被逮捕的男子将被扣押在该警察局。He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.他得了西班牙流感，险些丧命。

英语单词	almost
英美音标	英 ['ɔːlməʊst] 美 ['ɔːlmoʊst]
中文释义	adv.几乎；差不多 adj.相近的
英语例句	(1) He slipped and almost fell. (2) She was almost mad with grief when her son died. (3) This event was almost simultaneous with that one. (4) The bridge is almost 2 kilometres long. (5) The girl was annoyed by his almost impudence.
中文例句	(1) 他脚下一滑，险些跌倒。 (2) 她的儿子死去时，她悲伤得几乎疯了。 (3) 这件事几乎是与那件事同时发生的。 (4) 这座桥差不多有两公里长。 (5) 他几近厚颜无耻的态度把那个女孩给惹恼了。
vocabulary简明	Almost means "nearly," "roughly," or "not quite." If you're almost as tall as your brother, it means he's still just a bit taller than you are.
vocabulary扩展	If you almost got a great job, you came close but weren't ultimately successful, and if you're almost qualified to get your pilot's license, nobody's going to let you fly a plane quite yet. The adverb almost is perfect for describing things you come close to doing, or states you haven't yet reached. It has an Old English root, eallmæst, "nearly all," or literally, "mostly all."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]几乎；差不多 You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case. [ADV group] The couple had been dating for almost three years... 这对情侣相恋已近3年。 Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently... 最近几乎整个英国都受到了暴风雨的侵袭。 The effect is almost impossible to describe... 这种影响几乎无法用言语描述。 He was almost as tall as Pete, but skinnier... 他和皮特差不多高，但更瘦。 The arrested man will almost certainly be kept at this police station... 几乎可以肯定，被逮捕的男子将被扣押在该警察局。 He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him. 他得了西班牙流感，险些丧命。

Means Tall Close 英 ɔːlməʊst] 美 ɔːlmoʊst Adv.几乎；差不多 Adj.相近的