?(1) 兩者都可用來修飾不定代詞、形容詞、副詞、動詞、介詞短語等,此時兩者常可換用:It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那幾乎是不可能的。He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多總是遲到。
He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他摔了一跤,險(xiǎn)些摔斷了腿。

?(2) almost 可用于 any 以及 no, none, nobody, nothing, never 等否定詞之前,但 nearly 一般不這樣用:Almost any man can do it. 幾乎任何人都會做。Almost no one came to the party. 幾乎沒有人來參加晚會。但是,兩者都可用在否定動詞之前:
He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus. 他差點(diǎn)沒趕上公共汽車。

?(3) nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等詞修飾,但 almost 之前不能用這些詞:It’s not nearly so difficult as you think. 這遠(yuǎn)不像你想像的那么難。
【注】not nearly 【注】not nearly 意為“遠(yuǎn)非”, very [pretty] nearly 意為“幾乎”,都是習(xí)語。

(4) 有時 almost 可表示十分相似(但又不完全相同),此時不用 nearly:
I almost wish I’d stayed at home. I almost wish I’d stayed at home. 我真有點(diǎn)后悔沒在家里呆著。

(1) 兩者都可用來修飾不定代詞、形容詞、副詞、動詞、介詞短語等,此時兩者??蓳Q用:It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那幾乎是不可能的。He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多總是遲到。
He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他摔了一跤,險(xiǎn)些摔斷了腿。

?(2) almost 可用于 any 以及 no, none, nobody, nothing, never 等否定詞之前,但 nearly 一般不這樣用:Almost any man can do it. 幾乎任何人都會做。Almost no one came to the party. 幾乎沒有人來參加晚會。但是,兩者都可用在否定動詞之前:
He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus. 他差點(diǎn)沒趕上公共汽車。

?(3) nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等詞修飾,但 almost 之前不能用這些詞:It’s not nearly so difficult as you think. 這遠(yuǎn)不像你想像的那么難。
【注】not nearly 【注】not nearly 意為“遠(yuǎn)非”, very [pretty] nearly 意為“幾乎”,都是習(xí)語。

(4) 有時 almost 可表示十分相似(但又不完全相同),此時不用 nearly:
I almost wish I’d stayed at home. I almost wish I’d stayed at home. 我真有點(diǎn)后悔沒在家里呆著。