常用短语

参考例句

1. 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。

2. I bide my time and the hour of vengeance is nigh .

   我在等待时机，报仇的时刻就要到了。

3. The potential for hydroelectricity is well nigh exhausted.

   水电的潜力已接近用

4. The moment for the girl's setting out drove nigh .

   那女孩子出发的时候越来越近了。

5. Chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had well nigh depeopled the streets.

   阵阵寒风夹着零星雨点已使街上几乎空无一人了。

6. That little idea of using Mr. Slope as a counterpoise to his wife had well nigh evaporated.

   利用斯洛普先生抵制他太太的那个小计划已经差不多烟消云散了。

7. It's well nigh impossible to convince him.

   要说服他几乎不可能。

8. One was the brain drain, the steady flow of highly skilled personnel and their families to the United States (and Canada and other nigh -income countries) .

   一是人才外流——即高级技术人才及其家属持续地流向美国（和加拿大以及其他高收入国家）。

9. One was the brain drain, the steady flow of highly skilled personnel and their families to the United States (and Canada and other nigh -income countries).

   一是人才外流――即高级技术人才及其家属持续地流向美国（和加拿大以及其他高收入国家）。

10. It is well-nigh impossible.

    这几乎是不可能的。

同义词

• about
• all but
• almost
• close
• just about
• most
• near
• near(a)
• nearly
• nigh(a)
• virtually
• well-nigh