Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #280
almost
几乎；差不多
Very close to, but not quite; all but.
- 1.
Very close to, but not quite.
- 2.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
(动作或状态)略微不足或未完全实现；几乎
- 3.
Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
几乎；基本上；(动作或状态)略微不足或未完全实现；几乎；几乎；差不多
In use
I almost missed the bus this morning.
She is almost six feet tall.
The project is almost finished.
the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
we're almost finished
almost + verb
She almost finished the project.
她几乎完成了那个项目。
almost + adjective/adverb
The soup is almost ready.
汤差不多准备好了。
almost + noun phrase
Connections
Collocations
- almost always
- 几乎总是
- He almost always arrives on time.他几乎总是准时到达。
- almost never
- 几乎从不
- She almost never eats meat.她几乎从不吃肉。
- almost all
- 几乎所有
- Almost all students passed the exam.几乎所有学生都通过了考试。
- almost every
- 几乎每个
- I go to the gym almost every day.我几乎每天都去健身房。
- almost certainly
- 几乎肯定
- It will almost certainly rain tomorrow.明天几乎肯定会下雨。
- almost immediately
- 几乎立即
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 almost 拆成 all 和 most，意思是“几乎所有”，但差一点。记忆：all + most = 几乎全部。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面语 几乎在口语和书面语中都很常见，没有明显的正式或非正式倾向。
Grammar Note
通常紧接在被修饰词之前，不单独置于句首
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with the second syllable of 'almost' (pronounced /məʊst/). They share the spelling pattern '-ost' with the long o sound. Be careful: words like 'lost', 'cost', and 'frost' are spelled similarly but have a different vowel sound (/ɒ/ or /ɔː/) and do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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