almost; not quite; not completely 几乎；差不多；将近 The bottle's nearly empty. 这瓶子差不多空了。 I've worked here for nearly two years. 我已经在这里工作了将近两年。 It's nearly time to leave. 差不多该走了。 The audience was nearly all men. 观众几乎全都是男的。 He's nearly as tall as you are. 他差不多和你一样高了。 They're nearly always late. 他们几乎总是迟到。 She very nearly died. 她差点儿死了。 It's nearly impossible to get tickets for her gigs. 几乎不可能买到她的演唱会门票。 Sales have nearly doubled this year. 今年销售额几乎翻了一番。
Extra ExamplesShe nearly missed her train. 她差点没赶上火车。 There were nearly 200 people at the meeting. 与会者有近 200 人。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNearly is used with these adjectives:- asleep
- bald
- bankrupt
- …
Idioms
not nearly
pretty nearly (British English)
(North American English pretty near)
(also pretty much/well British and North American English)
- (informal)
almost; almost completely 几乎；差不多 The first stage is pretty nearly finished. 第一阶段差不多完成了。