nearly

1. ADV Nearly is used to indicate that something is not quite the case, or not completely the case. 幾乎

Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds. 戈茲沃斯默默盯著我有差不多20秒鐘。

Hunter knew nearly all of this already. 亨特幾乎知道這事的全部了。

The beach was nearly empty. 海灘幾乎是空蕩蕩的。

2. ADV Nearly is used to indicate that something will soon be the case. 即將

It was already nearly eight o'clock. 已經(jīng)快8點(diǎn)鐘了。

I was nearly asleep. 我快睡著了。

I've nearly finished the words for your song. 我快要完成為你那首歌填詞了。