Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde, and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors

德思礼太太是一的金发女人。她的脖子几乎比正常人长一倍。这样每当她花许多时间隔着篱墙引颈而望、窥探左邻右舍时，她的长脖子可就派上了用场。

Well, I'm nearly a vegetarian. . . not quite.

我几乎是一名素食主义者，但不完全是。

In January, smog blanketed much of eastern China and at times made Beijing practically uninhabitable.

1月，浓雾席卷了中国东部部分地区，有时令北京几乎无法居住。

We found her six blocks from here practically cut in half.

我们在六街区外找到了她，几乎腰斩。

She is an integral part of the management system. I was lucky to find her, as it's almost impossible to find the right person for the job.

她是管理层不可或缺的一部分。我很幸能找到她，因为几乎找不到适合这份工作的人。

The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway traverses almost half of China.

京广铁路几乎穿越半中国。

Yeah, it's got an almost improvisational tone.

没错 这几乎是即兴表演的口气。

He spent the first part of the article talking about handedness in music instead of sports, which I have to say almost put me off from reading further.

他在文章的第一部分写的是用手习惯在音乐中的影响，而不是体育，我不得不说这几乎让我没能读下去。

It has left almost no one unscathed.

这起丑闻几乎波及到了各方。

Nigeria has recalled almost all of the country's ambassadors from abroad.

尼日利亚已经召回了该国几乎所有的驻外使。

This referendum took place almost entirely online.

这次公投几乎完全在网上进行。

And then I'm gonna tell her something that's gonna completely and utterly devastate her.

然后我告诉她一件让她震惊到几乎崩溃的事。

A sudden pang seized him, and his knees felt so weak that he almost fell.

突然间，施特略夫感到心如刀绞，两膝发软，几乎跌倒在地上。

And then you're gonna say something charming about how much you love me, and it's gonna almost get you off the hook, but you know what's really gonna get you off the hook?

然后你就开始甜言蜜语，说你有多爱我，我听完这话几乎就要原谅你，但你知道什么才能真的让我消气吗？

We have all seen how a computer's use of personal names often fascinates people and needs them to treat the machine as if it were almost human.

我们都见过电脑使用人名是如何经常令人着迷的，以及它们又是如何需要人们对待它们几乎就像对待人类一样。

Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through.

脸书曾向欧盟委员承诺，不将手机号码与脸书账户进行绑定，不过在该笔交易达成后，这一承诺几乎立即变成了空头支票。

These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

当消费者响应那些精心设计好的日常暗示、几乎不假思索地去吃零食小吃或擦柜台之时，这些习惯已经为多家公司赚得了数十亿美元。

Entrees are almost ready, but I've ran out of ice, and I need the ice to finish off my dessert and my special cocktail.

主菜几乎都准备好了，但是我没有冰了 我需要冰好做完甜点和特制的鸡尾酒。

And that's not almost good, it's almost great.

不只是好，几乎是很棒。

Her little hands were almost numbed with cold.

她的一小手几乎冻僵了。