| 词汇 | nigh |
| 释义 | nigh adverb, preposition old-fashioned or literaryuk /naɪ/ us /naɪ/ near: 距离很近 She must have written nigh on(= nearly but not quite) 50 books.她肯定已经写了接近50本著作了。 The time is nigh (= it is nearly time) for us to make a decision.快到我们作决定的时候了。 Synonyms almost nearly virtually(ALMOST) See also well-nigh Almost a hop, skip, and a jumpidiom about almost as good asidiom as much asidiom be on the way to somethingidiom going on intent more more or lessidiom much strike sub that was close!idiom to the brink of something to/for all intents and purposesidiom up to (doing) somethingidiom verge virtual way nigh | American Dictionarynigh preposition, adverb[ not gradable ] datedus/nɑɪ/ literature near in time or space: She believes that the end of the world is nigh. Examples of nighnigh The time is nigh as well for concerted efforts to refine theory on resilience. That the time for this is now drawing nigh, seems probable. Acquisition would be nigh on impossible if the child misconstrued every adult utterance in this way. Nigh confused about mistake - could be soused! I have heard forecasts that the end is nigh, that there will be no recovery, that there will be oblivion for the entire nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, blunt military repression of opposition forces only leads to a nigh hopeless spiral of violence. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This lack, or calculated omission, allows escape from the more immediate problems, though the day of reckoning is drawing nigh. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, it is nigh on impossible to prove that something is not the case and far easier to prove that something is the case. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It would be nigh on impossible to regulate his viewing habits. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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