1)nearly 2)almost 3)Almost 4)nearly 5)almost/nearly 6)nearly
almost和nearly的差異
1．句法上的差異
(1)almost可以用在any及否定詞“no,no one,nobody,never,nothing,none,nowhere 等的前面,而nearly則不可以.eg：
There is almost no leadership at all．(不可用nearly)
但是,nearly可以用在否定詞not之后,起加強(qiáng)否定陳述的作用,而almost則不可以.eg：
It's not nearly so nice． We don't do nearly enough to help．
(2)almost可以用在以—ly結(jié)尾的副詞的前面,而nearly則不可以.eg：
She said it almost crossly． Your boss is almost certainly there．
(3)almost可以用在like之前,表示“相似,但不完全相同”或避免說得過于肯定；nearly則不可以.eg：
It made me feel almost like a hostess．
(4)very,so,pretty可以用在nearly前面,卻不可用在almost前面.eg：
We were very nearly at the end Of our journey．
...the American who so nearly won the Open Championship in 1970．
I've pretty nearly finished．
2．語義上的細(xì)微差異
一般情況下,“It's almost five o'clock．”和“It's nearly five o'clock．”意思大致相同；但有時almost所表示的意思比nearly更接近一些.試比較：
It's nearly ten o'clock．(=perhaps 9．45) .It's almost ten o'clock．(=perhaps 9．57)
3．語用上的差異
almost是一個“純”程度副詞,而nearly則不然,它同時還傳達(dá)說話人的某種思想情緒和心理狀態(tài).eg：
It's nearly eight kilometers to the ZOO．
到動物園還有將近八公里呢.(比設(shè)想的要遠(yuǎn)些)
It cost me nearly twenty pounds．
它花了我將近20英鎊呢.(比估計的價格高,嫌貴了一些)
4．國別差異
almost多用在美國英語中,而nearly在英國英語中則更為常見.
總之,almost和nearly兩詞的用法比較復(fù)雜,尤其是它們在語義和語用上的細(xì)微差異,更須在上下文或語境中細(xì)心揣摩才能體會到.
prefer to stay going
這個已經(jīng)不是考點了 以后正規(guī)考試不會考到