almost

ほとんど、もう少しで

ある状態や結果に非常に近いが、完全には達していないことを表す。

やさしい英語で： Very close to being or doing something, but not completely.

• I am almost ready.
• She almost missed the last bus.
• We visit our grandmother almost every weekend.

類義語： nearly, practically

よく使う表現： almost ready, almost finished, almost every day, almost fall

ほとんど

その状況では無視できる少数の例外を除いて。

やさしい英語で： Except for a small set of cases that can be ignored in the situation being discussed.

• The rule holds in almost all cases.
• Almost every point satisfies the condition under our definition of negligible exceptions.
• Here, almost everywhere means we ignore the exceptional points specified earlier.

よく使う表現： almost all, almost every, almost everywhere

ほとんど

数学で、測度がゼロの集合に属する点を除いて。

やさしい英語で： Except at points belonging to a set with mathematical measure zero.

• The function is zero almost everywhere.
• The sequence converges almost surely.
• Almost all points satisfy this equation, since the exceptions form a set of measure zero.

よく使う表現： almost everywhere, almost surely, almost all points

惜しい結果

成功や受け入れられることに近づいたが、あと少しで届かなかった人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that comes close to success or acceptance but does not reach it.

• That attempt was another almost.
• The judges put her painting among the almosts.
• After years of almosts, he finally won a prize.

類義語： near miss

よく使う表現： another almost, an almost