almost與nearly的語法區(qū)別
(1)兩者都可用來修飾不定代詞、形容詞、副詞、動詞、介詞短語等,此時兩者??蓳Q用:
It's almost [nearly] impossible. 那幾乎是不可能的。
He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多總是遲到。
The girl nearly(almost)fainted. 這姑娘差點(diǎn)(幾乎)暈倒了。
They have almost [nearly] run out of food. 他們的食品幾乎(差不多)已經(jīng)吃完了。
He went out almost [nearly] every evening. 他幾乎(差不多)每天晚上都出去。
It was nearly [almost] five thirty. 幾乎已經(jīng)五點(diǎn)半了。
He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他摔了一跤,險些摔斷了腿。
(2)almost可用于any以及no,none,nobody,nothing,never等否定詞之前,但nearly一般不這樣用:
Almost any man can do it. 幾乎任何人都會做。
Almost no one came to the party. 幾乎沒有人來參加晚會。
但是,兩者都可用在否定動詞之前:
He almost [nearly] didn't catch the bus. 他差點(diǎn)沒趕上公共汽車。
(3)nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等詞修飾,但almost之前不能用這些詞:
It's not nearly so difficult as you think. 這遠(yuǎn)不像你想像的那么難。
【注】not nearly 意為“遠(yuǎn)非”,very [pretty] nearly意為“幾乎”,都是習(xí)語。
(4)有時 almost 可表示十分相似(但又不完全相同),此時不用 nearly:
I almost wish I'd stayed at home. 我真有點(diǎn)后悔沒在家里呆著。