题目

nearly almost
______everyone knows how Tom got his Aunt Polly's fence painted.
A.nearly B.almost
请问用哪一个 为什么?

提问时间：2020-12-26

答案

选A nearly.
虽然说,ALMOST= NEARLY ,但老外很少用ALMOST EVERYBODY,USUALLY USE “ NEARLY EVERYBODY”
"almost"和"nearly"的区别：
almost与nearly比较容易混淆的.下面我来说一下这两个词之间的区别：
1）almost强调“差一点……就”（=very nearly）,可用于no,none,nothing等前面,但nearly不可.almost不能用not修饰.
2）nearly表示“接近”.常可与almost换用,但在具体数字前常用nearly.not修饰nearly 意为“远非”,“远不及”.如：
He almost knocked me down before he saw me.他看到我之前差点把我撞倒.
Almost no one(=Hardly anyone)believes her.几乎没有人相信她.
He said almost nothing worth listening to.他说几乎没什么值得听的东西.
They are nearly at the end of their journey.他们快结束旅行了.
almost是副词,表示肯定回答的几乎,nearly表示接近地,likely表示有可能地.