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核心畫面

One way to picture nearly: you have come right up to the line but not over it — the last small gap is still there. That gap is the whole word; it always admits that something is missing, however little.

可以想成 nearly 是「已經走到線前面，但還沒跨過去」：最後那一小段距離還在。那段距離就是這個字的全部——它永遠…更多收起可以想成 nearly 是「已經走到線前面，但還沒跨過去」：最後那一小段距離還在。那段距離就是這個字的全部——它永遠承認還差一點，不管那一點有多小。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

nearlyadv/ˈnɪəli/

  • 1

    In close approximation; almost, virtually.

    • He left a nearly full beer on the bar.
    • I nearly didn't go to work yesterday.
  • 2

    archaicWith great scrutiny; carefully.

    • And whosoever hath traced mee and nearely [translating de pres] looked into my humours, Ile loose a good wager if hee confesse not that there is no rule in their schoole, could, a midde such crooked pathes and divers windings, square and report this naturall motion, and maintaine an apparance of liberty and licence so equall and inflexible […].
  • 3

    With close relation; intimately.

    • Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
    • She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
  • 4

    Closely, in close proximity.

    • I doubt some danger do's approach you neerely.
  • 5

    Stingily.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。