整理almost和nearly的区别.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 ※ almost, nearly的用法二者均作“几乎”解，且有时可以通用。如：It is almost(nearly) eleven o’clock.差不多快十一点了。这两个词的区别是：1． almost比nearly在程度上更接近些，感情色彩更浓些，但不如nearly客观。如：It’s almost twenty feet wide.它差一点就20英尺宽了。It’s nearly twenty feet wide.它近20英尺宽。I am almost as tall as you.我差不多和你一样高了。I am nearly as tall as you.我几乎和你一样高了。2． 如果不是表示程度或可衡量的事，那么就只能用almost，不能用nearly。例如:This computer is programmed to play chess — it’s almost human.这台电脑编入了下国际象棋的程序——它简直快和人一样灵了。What I saw was almost too good to be true.我见到的事太好了，简直都叫人不相信它是真的。The electronic keyboard sounds almost like a piano.这台电子琴的声音很像钢琴。3． nearly不能和never, nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere, no以及none连用，这些词要和almost或hardly连用。例如:almost neverhardly ever几乎从不almost nobodyhardly anybody几乎无人almost no moneyhardly any money几乎没有钱Almost no one believed her. = Hardly anyone believed her.几乎没有人相信她。（不可用nearly代替almost）4． 可以说not nearly，但不能说not almost。例如：I am not nearly the fool you take me to be.我还不像你认为的那样傻。[例题] It is ______ impossible to master so many idioms.[A] nearly [B] about [C] almost [D] near[答案] C。