两者意识相近,肯定句中可以相互转换,一般来说almost 的差距比nearly小;
almost能与never,no,none,nothing,nobody,nowhere等连用,这种情况下不能用nearly;
nearly可以与not连用,not nearly 是“远不如”的意思,但almost不与not单独连用;
但其均可用在行为动词的否定式之前,如:
He almost/nearly didn't hear what I said.
两者意识相近,肯定句中可以相互转换,一般来说almost 的差距比nearly小;
almost能与never,no,none,nothing,nobody,nowhere等连用,这种情况下不能用nearly;
nearly可以与not连用,not nearly 是“远不如”的意思,但almost不与not单独连用;
但其均可用在行为动词的否定式之前,如:
He almost/nearly didn't hear what I said.