nigh

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  • adv.
    接近地
    靠近地
    几乎
    在附近地
  • adj.
    近的
    直接的
  • prep.
    在…附近
    近于

单词词源

nigh 几乎,差不多

来自古英语neah,靠近,比较级near,最高级next,来自PIE*nek,达到,够到,词源同enough.

双语例句

1. Managing that process is , however , nigh on impossible .
不过,实现这一过程几乎是不可能的。
2. And when ye shall see jerusalem compassed with armies , then know that the desolation thereof is nigh .
你们看见耶路撒冷被兵围困、就可知道他成荒场的日子近了。
3. But if economic policy has been imposed it becomes pretty nigh intolerable .
但如果经济政策是外国强迫实行的,它就接近于难以忍受了。
4. As robin drew nigh , he saw that the passenger was a man in years .
当罗宾走近,他看到那个过路人是个老头。
5. And when the times of chastisement draw nigh and vengeance arises through the kings who share in their guilt and punish them , they themselves also shall be divided as to the truth .
当惩罚临近的时候,报仇要来到,籍着在他们的恶行上有份并苦待他们的那些王,他们自己也要为真理被分散。

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