几乎

= nearly, almost, to emphasize that someone or something almost meets a certain standard or is very close to doing something.

Almost All

几乎 + noun phrase + 都……

= 差不多 (See 差不多)，almost.

Common collocations:

几乎每个人都有手机。
= 差不多每个人都有手机。
= 几乎所有人都有手机。
= 差不多所有人都有手机。
Almost everyone has a cell phone. (= Almost all people have cell phones.)

在我们公司，几乎每个人都会说英文。
= 在我们公司，差不多每个人都会说英文。
In our company, almost everyone can speak English.

几乎全世界的观众都喜欢这部电影。
= 差不多全世界的观众都喜欢这部电影。
Almost all audiences in the world like this movie.

Negative form:

几乎 + 没有 + Noun Phrase……

几乎没有人相信他。
= 差不多没有人相信他。
Almost no one believes him.

subject + 几乎 + predicate(verb phrase)

= 差不多 (See 差不多)，almost.

Common collocations:

我几乎饱了。 = 我差不多饱了。 I’m almost full. (饱 = become full)

他们俩几乎一样高。
= 他们俩差不多高。
= 他们俩差不多一样高。
They are about the same height

外面几乎全黑了。
= 外面差不多全黑了。
It’s almost dark outside.

外面几乎全是苍蝇。
There’re tons of flies outside. (We are surrounded by flies.)

他一个人几乎吃了整个蛋糕。
He ate almost the whole cake by himself.

我几乎不喝酒。
I rarely drinks.

我这几个月几乎没好好休息过。
Boss has barely taken a decent break these past few months.

几分钟内，茶几上几乎放上了几十盘菜。
Within a few minutes, there were almost dozens of dishes placed on the coffee table.

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