almost: [OE] Almost is simply a combination of all and most. In Anglo-Saxon times, and up until the 17th century, it meant ‘mostly all’ or ‘nearly all’ (thus one could say ‘My best friends are almost men’, meaning most of them are men); but already by the 13th century the modern sense ‘nearly, not quite’ was well in place. => all, most
almost (adv.)
Old English eallmæst "nearly all, for the most part," literally "mostly all;" see all + most. Modern form from 15c.
雙語例句
1. The representatives almost came to blows at a meeting.
代表們在一次會議上差點動起手來。
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2. It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
你將得到你想要的，這幾乎是確定無疑的。
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3. By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.
到1973年，這一差距已縮小到幾乎為零。
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4. Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.
幾乎90%的強奸案和暴力侵害案都沒有報案。
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5. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.