词汇精选：nearly的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adv.

不完全地；几乎；很接近

例句：

He nearly drops the baton at changeover.

他在交接棒时差点弄丢了接力棒。

例句：

Oops! I nearly dropped my cup of tea!

哎呀！我险些儿把自己的一杯茶掉到地上！

二、词义辨析：

almost,nearly,about,approximately,around,roughly

这些副词均有“大约，差不多”之意。almost指在程度上相差很小，差不多。nearly与almost含义基本相同，侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。about常可分almost和nearly换用，但about用于表示时间、数量的“大约”时，实际数量可能多也可能少。approximately多用于书面语，指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。around多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。roughly指按精略估计，常代替about。

三、参考例句：

He can nearly swim.

他差不多会游泳了。

We nearly went to deuce.

我们几乎打成平手。

His grandfather is nearly seventy.

他爷爷快七十岁了。

His cough was nearly cured.

他的咳嗽差不多全好了。

Fuel supplies are nearly exhausted.

燃料几乎要耗尽了。

She nearly died of pneumonia.

她差点死于肺炎。

The beach was nearly empty.

海滩几乎是空荡荡的。

The train was nearly full.

火车差不多满座了。

I nearly lost the opportunity.

我几乎错失了良机。

The room was nearly empty of furniture.

这房间里空荡荡的，几乎没有家具。