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all but
1. 几乎，差不多
The shelf was all but empty. 架上几乎全空了。
The film is all but three hours long. 这部影片差不多放了3小时。
He was all but drowned. 他差一点淹死。
That night, her heart all but stopped. 那晚，她的心脏差点儿停止跳动。
2. 除了…都(= all except)
in all but name 除了没有名分其他全是
the thirty-two delegates (all but four of them women) 32位代表(除4人外均为女性)
3. 几乎完全的
all but freedom 几近彻底的自由
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