nearly
单词辨析：
常与数字连用，表示在数量、时间、面积等方面的接近；与副词、动词等连用时，多表示程度上的接近。
The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the world's surface.
海洋几乎占地球表面的四分之三。
It was nearly six o'clock.
快6点钟了。
She was nearly drowned.
她差点儿被淹死。
指在程度、数量等方面十分接近。
Our work is almost completed.
我们的工作差不多完成了。
Almost everybody spoke.
几乎每个人都发了言。
There was almost no snow that winter.
那年冬天几乎没有下雪。
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He had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land.
他有将近1,000公顷的草场和耕地。
Father's flat in Paris wasn't nearly as grand as this
爸爸在法国的公寓远不如这处宽敞。
She very nearly tore my overcoat
她差点把我的大衣扯破了。
Their countries had been at war for nearly six weeks.
他们的国家陷入战争状态已将近6个星期了。
You nearly poked me in the eye with your pencil.
你的铅笔差点戳了我的眼睛。
This is a reversion to the system under which the Royals were paid for nearly 300 years.
又恢复了旧时的体制，王室就是在这种制度下接受了近300年的俸禄。