2010년 10월 17일 일요일

Dic: almost, nearly

almost, ADV 
ADV group, ADV before v You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case. (= nearly)
  • The couple had been dating for almost three years.     
  • Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently.     
  • The effect is almost impossible to describe.     
  • The arrested man will almost certainly be kept at this police station.     
  • He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.

nearly, ADV 
1. ADV group, ADV before v | Nearly is used to indicate that something is not quite the case, or not completely the case. (= almost, practically)
  • Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds.    
  • Hunter knew nearly all of this already.     
  • Several times Thorne nearly fell.    
  • I nearly had a heart attack when she told me.    
  • The beach was nearly empty.    
  • They nearly always ate outside.     
2. ADV group, ADV before v | Nearly is used to indicate that something will soon be the case. (= almost)
  • It was already nearly eight o'clock.    
  • I was nearly asleep.    
  • The voyage is nearly over.    
  • You're nearly there.    
  • I've nearly finished the words for your song.   
3. PHRASE : PHR adj/adv, PHR n | You use not nearly to emphasize that something is not the case. (= nowhere near)
  • Father's flat in Paris wasn't nearly as grand as this.     
  • Minerals in general are not nearly so well absorbed as other nutrients.    
  • British car workers did not earn nearly enough money to buy the products they were turning out.
....... Cobuild

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