well-nigh

英 [ˌwel ˈnaɪ]

美 [ˌwel ˈnaɪ]

adv.  几乎; 差不多; 可谓

牛津词典

adv.

• 几乎；差不多；可谓
  almost
  1. Defence was well-nigh impossible against such opponents.
     遇到这样的对手几乎防不胜防。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 几乎;差不多
  Well-nighmeans almost, but not completely or exactly.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a hierarchical structure that was well-nigh unassailable.
     几乎不可撼动的等级制度

英英释义

adv

• (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
  1. the job is (just) about done
  2. the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded
  3. we're almost finished
  4. the car all but ran her down
  5. he nearly fainted
  6. talked for nigh onto 2 hours
  7. the recording is well-nigh perfect
  8. virtually all the parties signed the contract
  9. I was near exhausted by the run
  10. most everyone agrees
  Synonym:aboutalmostmostnearlynearnighvirtually

双语例句

• Hook had well-nigh forgotten his prisoners, but as he swung round on them now his face lit up again.
  胡克几乎把囚徒们都忘了，这时他回头看到他们，脸上忽然又亮了。
• No man who has endeavored to carry out an enterprise where many hands were needed, but has been well-nigh appalled at times by the imbecility of the average man-the inability or unwillingness to concentrate on a thing and do it.
  没有人能够经营好这样的企业&在那里虽然有众多人手，但是令人惊讶的是，其中充满了许多碌碌无为的人，这些人要么没有能力，要么不情愿去集中精力做好一件事。
• Still higher, on their left, the elevation called Bulbarrow or Bealbarrow, well-nigh the highest in South Wessex, swelled into the sky, engirdled by its earthen trenches.
  在左边还要高一些的地方，是一处被叫做野牛坟或比尔坟的高地，它几乎就是南威塞克斯的最高点，迎天耸立，四周被土沟围绕着。
• Full of hope, Edmond swallowed a few mouthfuls of bread and water, and, thanks to the vigor of his constitution, found himself well-nigh recovered.
  满怀着希望，爱德蒙吃了几口面包，喝了一点水，仗着自己良好的体质，他发觉自己已差不多完全恢复了。
• It would be well-nigh impossible to get there in less than an hour.
  在1小时以内赶到那里几乎是可能的。
• It is well-nigh impossible to separate desirable risk-taking from undesirable until either interest rates rise, or new bank regulations such as higher capital requirements are in place.
  在提高利率或出台提高资本金要求等新的银行监管措施之前，要将有益的冒险行为与有害的冒险行为区分开，几乎是不可能的。
• That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power over her which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times.
  她生来就喜爱音乐，那是她那位喜欢唱民歌的母亲遗传给她的，她这种爱好使最简单的音乐也具有了一种力量，有时候差不多能把她的心从胸膛里给掏出来。
• There will be a merry company in the forest; and I well-nigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one.
  树林里要举行一次联欢，我已经答应过那黑男人，海丝特白兰要来参加呢。
• It believes that Japan is well-nigh exhausted and will change her basic policy, voluntarily withdrawing from central, southern and even northern china, and that China can thus win without doing any more fighting.
  他们认为日本已经不行了，它将改变其根本政策，自动地退出华中、华南甚至华北，中国可以不要再打而取得胜利。
• The otter is well-nigh extinct in most of britain.
  水獭在英国绝大部分地区已近乎绝迹。