almost

一、真题好句
almost 义务阶段1500 全国卷频次:45
/ˈɔːlməʊst/
ad.
几乎，差不多
高考真题原句选：
Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren.
Street sales were almost unknown.

二、词组｜习惯用语
almost all 几乎处处

三、词根记忆[12060](090529)

almost
adv.
幾乎,差不多Most hosts are hostile to the foremost ghost hostage almost to the utmost.大多數主人對最前面的幽靈人質的敵對態度幾乎到了極頂.

al·most / 5C:lmEust; NAmE -moust /
adverb
not quite
几乎；差不多
SYN nearly :
I like almost all of them.
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
It’s a mistake they almost always make.
这是他们几乎总要犯的错误。
The story is almost certainly false.
这个故事几乎肯定是虚构的。
It’s almost time to go.
是差不多该走的时候了。
Dinner’s almost ready.
饭就要做好了。
He slipped and almost fell.
他滑了一下,险些跌倒。
Their house is almost opposite ours.
他们的房子几乎正对着我们的房子。
They’ll eat almost anything.
他们几乎什么都吃。
Almost no one (= hardly anyone) believed him.
几乎没人相信他的话。

almost /ˈɔːlməʊst $ ˈɒːlmoʊst, ɒːlˈmoʊst/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb
nearly, but not completely or not quite 几乎，差不多
Have you almost finished?
你差不多完成了吗？
Supper’s almost ready.
晚饭就要做好了。
It was almost midnight.
午夜将至。
Almost nothing was done to improve the situation.
几乎没有采取什么措施来改善这个情况。
The story is almost certainly true.
这故事几乎肯定是真实的。
He’s almost as old as I am.
他差不多跟我一样大。
almost all/every/everything
Marsha visits her son almost every day.
玛莎几乎每天都去看望儿子。
 THESAURUS
Origin almost Old English ealmæst, from eall “all” + mæst “mostly”

almost ★★★★★
1.ADV 副词几乎；差不多 You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.

【搭配模式】：ADV group
The couple had been dating for almost three years…

这对情侣相恋已近3年。

Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently…

最近几乎整个英国都受到了暴风雨的侵袭。

The effect is almost impossible to describe…

这种影响几乎无法用言语描述。

He was almost as tall as Pete, but skinnier…

他和皮特差不多高，但更瘦。

The arrested man will almost certainly be kept at this police station…

几乎可以肯定，被逮捕的男子将被扣押在该警察局。

He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.

他得了西班牙流感，险些丧命。

almost /ˈɑːlˌmoʊst/ adverb
: only a little less than : nearly几乎；差不多
We’re almost finished.
我们几乎完成了。
Analysts predict that rates will rise by almost 40 percent.
分析家们预测利率将提高近40%。
Goats will eat almost anything.
山羊几乎什么都吃。
He mentioned the prize almost as an afterthought. [=mentioned it in a way that made it seem like an afterthought] 他几乎事后才提起这个奖。
She’s almost always late.
她几乎总是迟到。
in almost all cases = in almost every case
在几乎所有情况下
I have almost no [=hardly any] money.
我基本上没钱。
She almost never [=hardly ever] misses a game.
她几乎每场比赛都不会错过。
There’s almost nothing [=hardly anything] in the fridge.
冰箱里几乎什么东西都没有。