几乎，差不多　almost; not quite or not yet completely

　die ～　几乎死掉
　end ～　将近结束
　forget ～　几乎忘掉
　go ～　几乎死掉
　guess ～　接近猜中
　～ a hundred　将近100
　～ a month later　大约在一个月后
　～ equal amounts　几乎相等的数值
　～ evening　将近黄昏
　～ time　快到时候
　be ～ impossible　几乎不可能
　be ～ ready　差不多准备好了
　～ identical　差不多一样

　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 buses.　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。

 ♣ not nearly
　远非，完全不　far from; much less than
　There isn't nearly enough time to learn all these words.　要把这些新词都学会了，时间远远不够。
　I have 20 pounds, but that will not be nearly enough for my journey.　我有20英镑，可是作我的旅费还差得很远。
　You will find him quite reasonable. He is not nearly so black as he is painted.　你会发觉他是非常通情达理的，他绝不像别人所说的那样坏。

 ♣ nearly, almost
　参见almost条。

　我简直从来没见过她。
　［误］ I nearly never see her.
　［正］ I almost never see her.
　［析］ nearly不能和never, no, none, nothing, nobody, nowhere, no one连用；但almost却可以和这些词连用。

1. nearly一般要放在它所修饰的那个词或词组尽可能靠近的地方，否则，有可能会影响全句的意思。试比较：
　
2. nearly偶尔还可作“密切地，亲密地”解。例如：
　They are nearly related.　他们是至亲。
　The matter concerns him nearly.　这事与他密切相关。

　［同义词］ about, all but, almost, closely, pretty
　［词源］　中古英语nere <古挪威语nær（靠近，接近）