almost 与 nearly的用法区别

almost 与 nearly的用法区别

(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。

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

【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. I

almost wish I’d stayed at home. 我真有点后悔没在家里呆着。