well-nigh
- adv.几乎;差不多;可谓
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- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished;all but
- 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
- Synonym: about almost most nearly near nigh virtually
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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。
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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。
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Defence was well-nigh impossible against such opponents .
遇到这样的对手几乎防不胜防。
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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。
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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。
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With no help , finishing the job in a day was well-nigh impossible .
没有帮助,在一天之内干完这份工作几乎是不可能的。
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They concluded that American literature had been well-nigh throttled at birth . (
他们断言美国文学诞生之日便几乎被扼杀了。人之初,性本善。第四、语法精讲.
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Woman , I could well-nigh pity thee !
女人,我满可以可怜你的!
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But as for him , his feet were almost gone ; his steps had well-nigh slipped .
至于他,他的脚几乎失闪,险些滑跌。
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Their supply of spices was well-nigh exhausted .
他们的香料供应已经枯竭。
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Intraperitoneal injection of guanethidine sulphate 20 mg / kg caused a well-nigh complete depletion in 5 hours .
腹腔注射胍乙啶20毫克/公斤后5小时,NA已近耗尽;
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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He added , Of course , the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence . But we are compelled to recognise it as a means to well-nigh every desirable achievement .
当然积累财富并不能作为生存的主要目的,但是我们却必须认识到,它作为一种方法几乎可以是我们获取任何想要的成就。
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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。
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It 's difficult or well-nigh impossible to systematically predict what 's going to happen . You may think you know you 're in a bubble , but you still can 't tell whether things are going up or down the next day .
要系统性地预测未来会发生什么,是一件很难,甚至是几乎不可能的事。或许你认为知道自己处于泡沫之中,但你仍然无法断定第二天的涨跌。
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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。