nearly
adverb uk/ˈnɪə.li/ us/ˈnɪr.li/
A2 几乎，差不多，将近
almost, or not completely
It's been nearly three months since my last haircut. 从我上次理发到现在已经快3个月了。
I've nearly finished that book you lent me. 你借给我的那本书我快要读完了。
She's nearly as tall as her father now. 她现在几乎和她父亲一样高了。
They'd eaten nearly everything. 他们已经把东西吃得所剩无几了。
It was so funny - we nearly died laughing. 太有意思了——我们差点儿笑死。
not nearly as/soC1 远非，差得多，少得多
a lot less
She's not nearly as beautiful as you said she was. 她远没有你形容的那么漂亮。
My cold isn't nearly so bad as it was. 我的感冒好多了。
In fact, the whole experience isn't nearly as scary as might be imagined.
The issue isn't nearly as clear-cut as people think.
I think you'll find the process isn't nearly so bad as you're expecting.
Though it sold more copies than her first novel, it isn't nearly as funny.
not nearly enough 远不够
much less than you want or need
There's not nearly enough food for all these people! 食物远不够这么多人吃！
There still wasn't nearly enough evidence to convict him.
There's not nearly enough money in the system.
Not nearly enough attention is paid to these matters.
With so many children in the classroom, there's not nearly enough time to get through the syllabus.
- More examples
- The under-18s constitute nearly 25% of the town's population.
- Customs officers have seized nearly a ton of heroin destined for New York.
- I'm nearly ready - just give me a couple of minutes.
- It was such a hassle trying to get my bank account changed that I nearly gave up.
- They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years.