nigh
adv. 接近地; 靠近地; 幾乎; 在附近地
If an event is nigh, it will happen very soon.
The end of the world may be nigh, but do we really care?...
世界末日可能不遠了,但我們真的在意嗎?
The storm must still be nigh, she thought.
她想暴風雨必定仍會到來。
Nigh on an amount, number, or age means almost that amount, number, or age.
I've been one of your number one fans for nigh on three years now...
我一直是你的鐵桿粉絲之一,到現在快3年了。
I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
我不得不為它花了將近40英鎊。
1. being on the left side;
2. near in space or time
1. near in time or place or relationship;
2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';
Two neighbors had been fighting each other for nigh on four decades.
兩個鄰居已經互相爭鬥了大約四十年.
He was nigh upon 20 miles from home.
他離家差不多隻有二十英里了.
The near or nigh horse is the one on the left.
左側馬就是在左邊的馬.
Our dinner the nigh was the most delicious I had ever eaten.
那天的晚飯是我吃過的最可口的晚飯.
But as for him, his feet were almost gone ; his steps had well - nigh slipped.
至於他, 他的腳幾乎失閃,險些滑跌.