单词 | nearly |
释义 | nearly (nɪəʳli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB before verb] A2 Nearly is used to indicate that something is not quite the case, or not completely the case. Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds. Hunter knew nearly all of this already. Several times Thorne nearly fell. I nearly had a heart attack when she told me. The beach was nearly empty. They nearly always ate outside. Synonyms: practically, about, almost, near 2. adverb [ADVERB before verb] A2 Nearly is used to indicate that something will soon be the case. It was already nearly eight o'clock. I was nearly asleep. The voyage is nearly over. You're nearly there. I've nearly finished the words for your song. Synonyms: almost, about, approaching, roughly 3. not nearly phrase You use not nearly to emphasize that something is not the case. [emphasis] Father's flat in Paris wasn't nearly as grand as this. Minerals in general are not nearly so well absorbed as other nutrients. British car workers did not earn nearly enough money to buy the products they were turning out. Collocations: nearly perfect But practice and undivided concentration make nearly perfect. Times, Sunday Times But if it looks very nearly perfect, but not quite, then we are repulsed. Times, Sunday Times I thought things were nearly perfect but out of the blue she said it wasn't working for her and ended it. The Sun When the potatoes and turnips are nearly perfect, carve the beef. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, if you plot turnout at local elections against the portion of money raised locally, you find the correlation to be nearly perfect. Times, Sunday Times Players and coaches are nearly unanimous, wherever they come from. Times, Sunday Times The poll had been nearly unanimous, at 95 per cent or more, from the start of the year. Times, Sunday Times There was a nearly unanimous answer. Times, Sunday Times It would also have to be nearly unanimous. Times, Sunday Times The three stars have earned nearly unanimous raves for their work, with particular attention paid to their singing. Globe and Mail So many games, jump-rope songs, hand-clapping rhymes, tug-of-war, hide-and-seek, hopscotch, turn out to be nearly universal. The Times Literary Supplement Unlike wind turbines, which have converged on a nearly universal design, tidal turbines still come in many shapes and sizes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1982, to nearly universal disbelief, he declared that the active agent in all these diseases was a protein, which he called a prion. Times, Sunday Times The film has received nearly universal critical acclaim. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are, however, a few requirements that are nearly universal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Luckily, the pilot released decoy flares, and after a fast and nearly vertical descent, we landed safely. Times, Sunday Times Sycamore trees look very brisk, with nearly vertical twigs, and long, pointed green buds in which pink inner bud scales are now showing. Times, Sunday Times A tricky dogleg featuring lots of water and sand lopes off to the right, made all the more perilous by the nearly vertical drop to the left. Times, Sunday Times Yet, in order to keep the acquisition of farming land to a minimum, the cuttings for the road were made with nearly vertical banks in some places. Times, Sunday Times The dorsal fins have nearly vertical trailing margins, with the first originating over the pectoral fin rear tips. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 几乎 Japanese: ほとんど |
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