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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- nearly
['nɪəlɪ]
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adverb
差不多
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you're nearly as tall as I am
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你跟我差不多高了
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the film isn't nearly as good as the book
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电影拍得没有书好看
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it's not nearly big enough
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根本不够大
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I (very) nearly fell over
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我差点摔倒了
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nearly always
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几乎总是
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she was nearly in tears
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她差点要哭了
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- nearly
[ 'nɪrlɪ]
[ 'nɪəlɪ]
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1.
adverb
几乎;差不多
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nearly finished
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差不多完成
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It's been nearly three days since I saw him.
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我已经将近三天没见到他了。
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2.
adverb
[rarely used]
密切地;亲密地
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to be nearly related
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是至亲
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3.
adverb
[archaic]
过于节俭地;异常吝啬地
Collins English-English Dictionary
- nearly
['nɪəlɪ]
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1.
adv
not quite; almost; practically
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2.
adv
closely
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the person most nearly concerned
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Examples
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nearly finished
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差不多完成
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to be nearly related
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是至亲
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The taxman's take is nearly 50%.
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税率几乎高达百分之五十。
→ take
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He nearly took her by the throat.
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他差点儿掐死她。
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He has been the school librarian for nearly thirty years.
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他担任校图书管理员近30年了。
→ librarian
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The forest destruction was nearly six percent higher this year than that in the same period the year before.
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今年森林遭破坏的面积比去年同期高了6%左右。
→ period
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There was a sudden sharp pain in her abdomen and she nearly collapsed from the pain.
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她的小腹突然一阵剧痛,差点儿昏厥过去。
→ sharp
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It's been nearly three days since I saw him.
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我已经将近三天没见到他了。
→ nearly
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I've nearly finished my term paper.
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我的学期论文就快完成了。
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She's nearly as pretty as her mother.
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她长得跟她妈妈一样漂亮。
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