almost和nearly的区别

※ almost, nearly的用法

二者均作“几乎”解，且有时可以通用。如：

It is almost(nearly) eleven o’clock.

差不多快十一点了。

这两个词的区别是：

1． almost比nearly在程度上更接近些，感情色彩更浓些，但不如nearly客观。如：

It’s almost twenty feet wide.

它差一点就20英尺宽了。

It’s nearly twenty feet wide.

它近20英尺宽。

I am almost as tall as you.

我差不多和你一样高了。

I am nearly as tall as you.

我几乎和你一样高了。

2． 如果不是表示程度或可衡量的事，那么就只能用almost，不能用nearly。例如:

This computer is programmed to play chess — it’s almost human.

这台电脑编入了下国际象棋的程序——它简直快和人一样灵了。

What I saw was almost too good to be true.

我见到的事太好了，简直都叫人不相信它是真的。

The electronic keyboard sounds almost like a piano.

这台电子琴的声音很像钢琴。

3． nearly不能和never, nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere, no以及none连用，这些词要和almost或hardly连用。例如:

almost never---------hardly ever几乎从不

almost nobody--------hardly anybody几乎无人

almost no money---------hardly any money几乎没有钱

Almost no one believed her. = Hardly anyone believed her.

几乎没有人相信她。（不可用nearly代替almost）

4． 可以说not nearly，但不能说not almost。例如：

I am not nearly the fool you take me to be.

我还不像你认为的那样傻。

[例题] It is ______ impossible to master so many idioms.

[A] nearly [B] about [C] almost [D] near

[答案] C。