almost和nearly的区别

这两个副词都含有“几乎，差不多”的意思，almost=very nearly。

通用情况：●在肯定句中:1. The old man is almost / nearly 90 years old.这个老人快90岁了。●修饰all, every, always等时:

2. I go to bed at ten almost / nearly every day.我几乎每天都是10点钟上床睡觉。●在行为动词的否定式前:

3. He almost / nearly didn't hear what I said.他几乎没听到我讲些什么。区别情况：（注意：almost在no...之前，nearly在not…之前的区别）●当要表示“接近”或“就要到了”时最好用nearly；当想表达“不足”或“尚差一点儿”时最好用almost。如：

4. I had nearly reached town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly,” Do you speak English?”我几乎就要到达城镇了，这时那位年轻人突然非常慢地说道：“你会说英语吗？”

5. He slipped and almost fell.他滑了一下，险些跌倒。●只能用almost的场合:◇修饰no, none, never, any以及由no或any的合成词（即almost可以用在这些词之前）。如：

6. Almost no one believed him.几乎没人相信他的话。

7. They'll eat almost anything.他们几乎什么都吃。◇修饰表示感觉或心理的动词或形容词。例如:8. I almost think you are right.我还不完全相信你是对的。◇修饰more than和too。例如:9. That's almost too much.这简直是太过分了。●只能用nearly的场合:◇被very, not, pretty等副词修饰时(即nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等词修饰)。例如:10. I'm not nearly ready.我还没有准备好。11. We pretty nearly missed the train.我们差点误了火车.注：not nearly=far from；much less than 是“差得远，远远不够”的意思，并不是按字面翻译成中文“几乎不”的意思。“几乎不”的英文是hardly，不是nearly not 或almost not。1

2. There is not nearly enough money for a new car.买一部新车的钱远远不够。1

3. I could hardly believe it when I read the letter.读到那封信时，我几乎不敢相信。1

4. Hardly a day goes by without my thinking of her (= I think of her almost every day).我几乎没有一天不想她。