all but 详细解释

all but

几乎, 差一点

几乎

The room was all but empty.

房间里几乎全空了。

英英释义

副词 all but:

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished

同义词:about, just about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh

补充

all butall but1.几乎, 差不多She all but fainted when she heard the news.听到那消息, 她差点晕过去。2.除了…之外(都)All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident.除了一个乘客外, 其他人都在这起事故中丧生。

例句

1. all but her closest friends除了她最要好的朋友 2. Without you the job would have been all but impossible.没有你,这项工作几乎是不可能的。 3. We had all but given up hope.我们几乎放弃了希望。