almost強調“差一點……就”（=very

nearly）,可用於no,none,nothing等前面,但nearly不可.almost不能用not修飾.

nearly表示“接近”.常可與almost換用,但在具體數字前常用nearly.not修飾nearly

意為“遠非”,“遠不及”.

He thought almost nothing worth to teach.他認為沒什麼可以教的.

如：She almost miss me before he saw

me.她看到我之前差點錯過我.

Almost no one(=Hardly anyone) saw her.幾乎沒有人看到她.

They are nearly at

the end of their journey.他們快結束旅行了

almost

可用於 any 以及 no,none,nobody,nothing,never 等否定詞之前,但 nearly 一般不這樣用.

如：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.

I

almost never see her.我幾乎從未見過她.

但是,兩者都可用在否定動詞之前.如：He almost [nearly]

didn’t catch the bus.他差點沒趕上公共汽車

nearly 前可用 very,pretty,not 等詞修飾,但

almost 之前不能用這些詞.

如：It’s not nearly so difficult as you

think.這遠不像你想`象的那麼難.

The car is pretty nearly new.這汽車幾乎是全新的.The car is

pretty nearly new.

注：not nearly 意為“遠非”,very [pretty] nearly

意為“幾乎”,都是習語.

有時 almost 可表示十分相似(但又不完全相同),此時不用 nearly.

如：I almost wish I’d

stayed at home.我真有點後悔沒在家裡待著.

Our cat understand everything — he’s

almost human.我們這隻貓什麼都懂,快通人性了。=Our cat understand everything.