Almost

(adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

巴里整理

• I almost dread to-morrow--so much depends on my discretion and self-control. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He only told me a little about his parents and grandparents, and almost all in answer to my questions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• One of these compounds, namely, chloride of lime, is the almost universal bleaching agent of commerce. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It seemed almost axiomatic that for true knowledge we must have recourse to concepts coming from a reason above experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• His dislike of mankind, of the mass of mankind, amounted almost to an illness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Such were the Phrygians, a people whose language was almost as close to that of the Greeks as the Macedonian. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It would have been almost as good as telling him that she was the thief. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Her surprise increased with her indifference: he almost fancied that she suspected him of being tainted with foreignness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• These services, therefore, being almost entirely arbitrary, subjected the tenant to many vexations. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It was almost dark before we found ourselves in Pall Mall, at the rooms of Mr. Melas. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Almost all countries exchange with one another, partly native and partly foreign goods. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• She seated herself beside her uncle opposite to Will, and was evidently preoccupied with something that made her almost unmindful of him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Gerald suddenly let go the horse and leaped forwards, almost on to Gudrun. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I am not sufficiently acquainted with such subjects to know whether it is at all remarkable that I almost always dreamed of that period of my life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Before that time we sit listening to a tale, a marvellous fiction, delightful sometimes, and sad sometimes, almost always unreal. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• With regard to myself, this came almost by inheritance. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Perhaps I would make a settlement on her, said Esterhazy; but mind, she must be very young, very fair, and almost innocent. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It _is_ wonderful, replied Wickham, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride; and pride had often been his best friend. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Before that time Spain had always been a poor country; it is a poor country to-day, almost its only wealth lies in its mines. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I had amongst my scholars several farmers' daughters: young women grown, almost. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You heard the report and then the shriek commenced almost instantly. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The neighbourhood of Brunswick Square is very different from almost all the rest. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• His progress in these was almost equal to that he had made in drawing. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She looked like a woman with a monomania, furtive almost, but heavily proud. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• So she sat almost motionless for hours in the drawing-room, going over the bitterness of every remembrance with an unwincing resolution. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I was accustomed to speak of the larder when I lived with papa and mama, and I use the word almost unconsciously. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He felt the going away almost too much to speak of it. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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