nearly

['niəli]

adv.几乎, 差不多, 密切地

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1. 几乎, 差不多

She is nearly fifty now.

她将近五十岁了。

2. 密切地, 亲密地

They are nearly related.

他们是至亲。

词形变化

形容词比较级: nearer | 形容词最高级: nearest | 名词: nearness | 动词过去式: neared | 动词过去分词: neared | 动词现在分词: nearing | 动词第三人称单数: nears |

词义辨析

同义:

ad.几乎, 差不多

almost  approximately  close to  just about  

同义参见:

virtually  hardly  halfway  practically  about  mostly  

反义参见:

far  

英英释义

副词 nearly:

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

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

in a close manner

同义词：closely, intimately

短语词组

not nearly

1. 远不及; 一点也不

He had $20, but that was not nearly enough for the trip.

他有二十美元, 但这远远不够旅途费用。

补充

nearlynearly英:[ˈniəli] 美:[ˈnɪrli]adv.1.几乎; 差不多He can nearly swim.他差不多会游泳了。I was nearly killed in the accident.我在这场事故中险些丧命。The wind was so strong that people were nearly blown away as they waited for bus.风刮得很厉害, 等候公共汽车的人们几乎要被风吹走。Joe had a close call when his motorbike nearly collided with a lorry.乔的摩托车差点同卡车相撞, 他侥幸地躲过了。I was nearly drowned last night, but was fortunate enough to be saved.我昨天夜里差一点淹死, 真走运, 有人把我救了。He was nearly driven mad by his troubles.他差一点被烦恼事逼疯了。Suddenly the car in front of us drew out and nearly caused an accident.我们前面的小汽车突然横穿了出来, 险些造成车祸。The car is pretty nearly new.这部汽车几乎是全新的。Strange thoughts float through my mind when I am nearly asleep.我快睡着时产生一种奇怪的念头。Cars, trucks and buses produce exhaust nearly as harmful as the factories.汽车、卡车和公共汽车排出的废气和工厂的废气差不多同样有害。The patient, who had been asleep for nearly three hours, began to move his body.病人睡了将近3小时, 才开始动一动身体。Now that they've decided to build a shopping centre, nearly a hundred local people are going to be booked out of their homes.既然他们现在已经决定要建立一个购物中心, 那么将近100名当地的居民就要被赶出自己的家园。After nearly one year, the bike he lost was returned to him.差不多过了一年, 他丢失的那辆自行车又回到他手里了。You're nearly twenty, yet you keep saying silly things like that.你已经快20岁了, 还老是说出那样傻乎乎的话来。She was quite surprised when she was told that she owed them nearly twenty pounds.当通知她欠了他们近20英镑时, 她感到十分诧异。Time is nearly up.时间差不多到了。She stood nearly outside the door.她几乎站在了门外。We'd better stop at the garage to fill up, we're nearly out of petrol.汽油快用光了, 我们最好在汽车修理厂停车加油。Nearly all of the people believed him because he was a very good man.因为他是个很好的人, 几乎所有的人都相信他。Nearly every building was damaged in the earthquake.在那次地震中几乎每座建筑物都遭到了破坏。I used to go out nearly every night but I decided to cut it out because I couldn't really afford it.我以前几乎每晚外出, 但现在已不是这样, 因为我实在抽不出时间。

例句

1. Dinner's nearly ready.正餐马上就好。 2. I'm nearly 15.我快15岁了。 3. It was nearly dark.天快黑了。 4. The beach was nearly empty.海滩差不多没有人了。 5. She was nearly in tears.她差点儿落泪。 6. She was nearly as tall as he was.她差不多和他一样高。 7. You're nearly as old as I am.你岁数差不多和我一样大。 8. They nearly always eat outside.他们几乎总是在外面用餐。 9. Brody had been sitting there for nearly an hour.布罗迪已经在那里坐了将近一个小时。 10. Are we nearly there?我们快到了吗？ 11. I nearly fell.我险些摔倒。 12. He nearly missed the train.他险些赶不上火车。 13. I very nearly …我差点儿… 14. I very nearly fell.我差点儿摔倒。 15. I've nearly …我已经差不多… 16. I've nearly finished.我已经差不多做完了。 17. We're not very nearly related.我们算远亲。 18. It's not nearly big enough.它根本不够大。 19. The film isn't nearly as good as the book.这部影片远不及原著好。 20. David was nearly asleep.大卫差点儿睡着了。 21. a rise of nearly 25 per cent.近25％的增长幅度。 22. in the absence of anyone more nearly related, I had been designated next of kin.因没有更近的亲人，我就被指定为最近亲。 23. you're not nearly as clever as you think you are.你远没有自认为的那样聪明。 24. It's nearly five years since I've seen him.自从上次见过他后差不多已有五年了。 25. Linda was so badly hurt she very nearly died.琳达伤得很重，几乎丧命。 26. It's not far now. We're nearly there.路不远了，我们差不多到了。 27. It's not nearly as warm as it was yesterday.今天远不如昨天暖和。 28. I see her nearly every day.我几乎每天都见到她。 29. We very nearly missed the plane. [=we came very close to missing the plane]我们差点误机。 30. I nearly won.我差点赢了。 31. I am nearly finished.我差不多要完成了。 32. We lived there for nearly two years.我们在那里住了将近两年。 33. nearly 100 people attended.近100人参加。 34. nearly all of us got sick that weekend.那个周末我们几乎全都生病了。 35. There's not nearly enough flour for a cake here.这里根本就没有足够的面粉做蛋糕。 36. It's not nearly as late as I thought it was.现在远没有我以为的那么晚。