mostly 的意思是:adv 1)主要地; 多半地 如:The earth here is mostly clay.这儿的土大部分是黏土.Most of the Americans use their cars mostly for their job.大多数美国人的汽车主要是用来上班的.2)通常 如:The audience consisted mostly of women.观众主要是妇女.Our weather has been mostly warm.我们这里的天气多半是暖和的.关于almost的短语有:almost never 几乎从来不 almost nothing 几乎没有 was never hanged (=A-never killed a fly).[谚]“险些”犯罪不等于犯罪.
almost的意思是:adv.几乎; 将近; 差不多; 差一点儿就...; 快要; 大概(致) 如:We saw almost all of them.我们差不多见到了他们的全体.I almost fell.我差一点儿就跌倒了.The rooms are almost clean.各房间大致清洁.另外,它还可以做形容词用:意思为:近似的
由上可见,一般almost于mostly还是容易区别的,但是almost与nearly倒是比较容易混淆的.下面我来说一下这两个词之间的区别:1)almost强调“差一点……就”(=very nearly),可用于no,none,nothing等前面,但nearly不可.almost不能用not修饰.2)nearly表示“接近”.常可与almost换用,但在具体数字前常用nearly.not修饰nearly 意为“远非”,“远不及”.如:He almost knocked me down before he saw me.他看到我之前差点把我撞倒.Almost no one(=Hardly anyone)believes her.几乎没有人相信她.He said almost nothing worth listening to.他说几乎没什么值得听的东西.They are nearly at the end of their journey.他们快结束旅行了.
almost是副词,表示肯定回答的几乎.mostly一般不用,nearly表示接近地,likely表示有可能地.