① nearly和almost在肯定句中,都作“幾乎,差不多”解,??蓳Q用。
Nearly/Almost all the children like the book. 幾乎所有的兒童都喜歡這本書。
② almost表示的程度要更準(zhǔn)確些。
It's almost 11 o'clock. 差不多11點了。
③ almost可以說是幾分鐘之差,nearly表示的時間差則可以大些。nearly可與not單獨連用,不可修飾no,never,none,nothing;almost不可與not單獨連用,但可修飾no,never,none,nothing。
He has nearly no money.
He has almost no money.
他幾乎沒有錢。
They are not almost ready.
They are not nearly ready.
他們還遠(yuǎn)沒準(zhǔn)備好。