副词
1. It is well-nigh impossible.
这几乎是不可能的。
1. 几乎:well-meant 没有恶意的 | well-nigh 几乎 | well-off 顺利的
2. 几乎,很接近:疾行step out | 几乎;很接近well nigh | 几乎不可能next to impossible
1. 几乎;差不多
Well-nigh means almost, but not completely or exactly.
e.g. Finding a rug that''s just the colour, size and price you want can be well-nigh impossible.
找到一块颜色、尺寸和价格都符合你要求的毛毯几乎是不可能的。
e.g. ...a hierarchical structure that was well-nigh unassailable.
几乎不可撼动的等级制度
adv
1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
all but
e.g. the job is (just) about done
the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
we''re almost finished
the car all but ran her down
he nearly fainted
talked for nigh onto 2 hours
the recording is well-nigh perfect
virtually all the parties signed the contract
I was near exhausted by the run
most everyone agrees