?1. 1. 可用來(lái)修飾動(dòng)詞、形容詞、副詞、名詞等：I almost droppedthe plate. 我差點(diǎn)把碟子掉了。Almost all the guests are here. 差不多所有的客人都來(lái)了。Dinner is almost ready. 飯差不多做好了。注意：修飾動(dòng)詞時(shí)，通常應(yīng)放在行為動(dòng)詞之前，特殊動(dòng)詞之后 (見(jiàn)上例)；修飾形容詞、副詞、名詞等時(shí)，通常應(yīng)將其放在被修飾詞語(yǔ)之前，否則會(huì)造成錯(cuò)誤：他幾乎工作了一整天。正：He worked almost all day. 誤：He almost worked all day. 我們當(dāng)中幾乎每一個(gè)人都讀過(guò)這本書。正：Almost every one of us read the book.
誤：Every one of us almost read the book.

?2. 可以與 no, none, nobody, nothing, never可以與等詞連用 (注：表示類似含義的 nearly 則一般不這樣用)：Almost no one believed her. 幾乎沒(méi)有人相信她。
I almost never see her. 我?guī)缀鯊奈匆?jiàn)過(guò)她。

?3. 可用在否定動(dòng)詞之前 (注：nearly 也能這樣用)：
They almost (nearly) didn’t catch the bus. 他差點(diǎn)沒(méi)趕上公共汽車。

?4. 不要與 most 混淆：大多數(shù)人都同意我的意見(jiàn)。正：Most of the people agreed with me. 誤：誤：Almost of the people agreed with me.