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almost
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🇺🇸 /ˈɔlmˌoʊst/
almost 是副词,表示“几乎、差一点但还没有达到”;也可作非正式名词,指差一点成功的事或人。
💡 记忆钩子
把 almost 想成“手已经伸到终点线,却还差最后一点”:almost finished 是差一点完成,almost all 是几乎每一个都在终点线这一边但仍可能有少数例外;作名词时,almosts 就是那些差一点越过终点线的结果。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握副词“几乎、差一点”的基本意思,再学习 almost all 等数量表达,最后了解名词用法。
- 不要把 almost 当成表示“大约”的词;它强调接近某个结果或范围,但结果通常尚未完全达到。
📖 中文释义
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core 几乎;差一点📖 表示某事非常接近某个状态或结果,但实际上还没有完全达到;可以理解为已经到了终点线附近,只差一点。💡 常用结构是 almost + 形容词、副词或动词,如 almost ready、almost finished 所表示的状态。它通常放在被修饰的词或动词前面,不能直接当作“可能”使用;中文里的“差不多”在某些语境中并不等于它。not-comparableThe train was almost empty when we boarded.我们上车时,火车里几乎空无一人。I almost forgot your birthday.我差点忘了你的生日。
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core 几乎全部;除极少数外📖 用于数量或范围时,表示其中绝大多数都包括在内,但根据语境仍可能有少数例外;almost all people 就是“几乎所有人”,不等于每一个人。💡 常用结构是 almost all + 复数名词或不可数名词,也可放在 every、everyone 等表示整体的词前面。它强调“接近全部”而不是绝对全部,因此正式统计或严谨结论中不要擅自把它改理解为“全部”。not-comparableAlmost all the students submitted their work on time.几乎所有学生都按时交了作业。
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rare 差一点成功的事或人📖 把“差一点越过终点线”的结果当作名词,指没有完全成功、但非常接近成功的尝试或对象。informal
almosts
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
同义词集:
about
almost
most
nearly
near
nigh
virtually
well-nigh
the job is (just) about done
the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
we're almost finished
the car all but ran her down
he nearly fainted
talked for nigh onto 2 hours
the recording is well-nigh perfect
virtually all the parties signed the contract
I was near exhausted by the run
most everyone agrees
🌳 词源
源自中古英语 almost,来自古英语 eallmǣst,原意为“几乎全部、在很大程度上”,由表示“全部”的词根和“最多”组合而成。
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *maiz
Proto-Germanic *maistaz
Proto-Germanic *maist
Proto-West Germanic *maist
Old English mǣst
Old English eallmǣst
Middle English almost
English almost
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
🔄 变式
almosts
plural
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