1. 1. 可用来修饰动词、形容词、副词、名词等：I almost droppedthe plate. 我差点把碟子掉了。Almost all the guests are here. 差不多所有的客人都来了。Dinner is almost ready. 饭差不多做好了。注意：修饰动词时，通常应放在行为动词之前，特殊动词之后 (见上例)；修饰形容词、副词、名词等时，通常应将其放在被修饰词语之前，否则会造成错误：他几乎工作了一整天。正：He worked almost all day. 误：He almost worked all day. 我们当中几乎每一个人都读过这本书。正：Almost every one of us read the book.
误：Every one of us almost read the book.

 2. 可以与 no, none, nobody, nothing, never可以与等词连用 (注：表示类似含义的 nearly 则一般不这样用)：Almost no one believed her. 几乎没有人相信她。
I almost never see her. 我几乎从未见过她。

 3. 可用在否定动词之前 (注：nearly 也能这样用)：
They almost (nearly) didn’t catch the bus. 他差点没赶上公共汽车。

 4. 不要与 most 混淆：大多数人都同意我的意见。正：Most of the people agreed with me. 误：误：Almost of the people agreed with me.