?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。如：It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那幾乎是不可能的。He is almost [nearly] as tall as her. 他差不多與她一樣高。He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多總是遲到。He almost [nearly] always arrivesle="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他跌了一跤，險些跌斷了腿。Almost [Nearly] all the students passed the exam. 差不多所有的學(xué)生都通過了考試。修飾動詞時，通常應(yīng)放在行為動詞之前，特殊動詞之后(見上例)；修飾形容詞、副詞、名詞等時，通常應(yīng)將其放在被修飾詞語之前，否則會造成錯誤。如：；修飾形容詞、副詞、名詞等時，通常應(yīng)將其放在被修飾詞語之前，否則會造成錯誤。INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 20pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0">他幾乎工作了一整天。正：He worked almost all day.誤：He almost worked all day.我們當(dāng)中幾乎每一個人都讀過這本書。正：Almost every one of us read the book.
Every one of us almost read the book.

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。如：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。I almost never see her. 我?guī)缀鯊奈匆娺^她。但是，兩者都可用在否定動詞之前。如：He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus. 他差點沒趕上公共汽車。3. nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等詞修飾，但 almost 之前不能用這些詞。如：It’s not nearly so difficult as you think.這遠不像你想`象的那么難。The car is pretty nearly new. 這汽車幾乎是全新的。The car is pretty nearly new. 注：not nearly 意為“遠非”, 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。如：I almost wish I’d stayed at home. 我真有點后悔沒在家里呆著。
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