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.
实用例句
1. The representatives almost came to blows at a meeting.
代表们在一次会议上差点动起手来。来自柯林斯例句
2. It's almost a foregone conclusion that you'll get what you want.
你将得到你想要的，这几乎是确定无疑的。来自柯林斯例句
3. By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.
到1973年，这一差距已缩小到几乎为零。来自柯林斯例句
4. Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.
几乎90%的强奸案和暴力侵害案都没有报案。来自柯林斯例句
5. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.
