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well-nigh

/wel-nahy/US // ˈwɛlˌnaɪ //

近乎于,近乎苛刻的,近乎,迩来

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : very nearly; almost: It's well-nigh bedtime.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inalmost
Synonyms
about关于,约,有关,大约approximately大约,约,大概,约为around围绕,左右,约,围绕着essentially本质上,基本上是,基本上,本质上是most最,大多数,大部分,多数much很多,许多,多,多多practically实际是,实际上是,实践上,实际上relatively比较,相对来说,相对而言roughly大致,大致上,大致如此,大体上virtually实际上,实际上是,实际上就是,实际上是这样的nigh近,近日,傍晚时分,傍傍about to即将,关于,即将到来的,即将要all butas good as不亚于,不下于,不啻于,不啻为bordering on濒临,近乎于,濒于,近乎close to接近,靠近,近乎于,临近close upon密切关注,密切注意,密切关注着,密切联系for all practical purposes在所有的实际目的中,在所有的实际用途中,在所有实际的目的中,在所有的实践中for the greatest part大部份,大部份都是,大多,大部份的in effect实际上是,实际上,有效,有效的in the neighborhood of附近的,附近地区的,附近的地区,附近的人in the vicinity of附近的地区,附近的,附近的地方,附近地区just about差不多,差不多是这样,差不多吧,差不多就是near to濒临,靠近,临近,挨着not far from不远处的,不远处,不远处是,不远处有not quite不太,不大,并非如此,不算on the brink of濒临,处于边缘的,濒临的,濒临破产的on the edge of边缘的,边缘上的,的边缘,濒临的on the point of恰逢其时,关于,恰好是,恰恰相反on the verge of濒临,濒临的,濒临死亡的,濒于pretty near颇近,颇为接近,颇为近似,颇近的substantially实质上,大体上,大致上,实质上是within sight of视线范围内,视线范围内的,视线范围之内,紧邻

Examples

  • The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.

  • Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.

  • The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.

  • In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.

  • It is the obligation of citizens and journalists as well as governments.

  • Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

  • The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

  • Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.