almost

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #475 ★★★★★

adv. 几乎, 差不多

发音

UK /ˈɔːl.məʊst/
UK /ɔːlˈməʊst/
/ˈɔː(l)məs/
US /ˈɔl.moʊst/
US /ˈɑl.moʊst/
US /ˈoʊ.moʊst/
CA /ˈɒɫmoʊst/
AU /ˈoːlməʉst/
AU /ˈoːɫməʉst/
AU /ˈoːwməʉst/
AU /əʉməʉst/

词形变化

almosts 复数 almosts

别名

almoste aulmos

教材释义与例句

副词

差不多，几乎

nearly, but not completely or not quite

Have you almost finished?

你差不多完成了吗？

Supper's almost ready.

晚饭就要做好了。

It was almost midnight.

午夜将至。

Almost nothing was done to improve the situation.

几乎没有采取什么措施来改善这个情况。

The story is almost certainly true.

这故事几乎肯定是真实的。

He's almost as old as I am.

他差不多跟我一样大。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

    非正式

    In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.

adv. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Very close to, but not quite.

    几乎

    差点

    差一点

    差不多

    Almost all people went there.

    We almost missed the train.

    Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual.

  2. 2.

    Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).

    数学

    almost all

    almost no

  3. 3.

    Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).

    Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.

    数学

    almost everywhere

    almost nowhere

    almost certain

    almost sure

词汇关系

副词

同义词 7

about most near nearly virtually nigh well nigh

相关短语

almost doesn't count almost everywhere 几乎处处 almost all almost surely almost standards mode almost prime almost primes almost split sequence almost split sequences almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades almost fall off one's chair almost falls off one's chair almost falling off one's chair almost fell off one's chair almost fallen off one's chair

词源

Etymology tree 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.

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