地球科学

• 几乎

  The past five years saw a steady progress in almost all fields of researches of Chinese historical geography.

  以往五年间中国历史地理研究几乎在各个分支都取得了坚实的进步。

语言学

• 差点儿

  Compared with the commentary adverbs,the paper points out that "almost" is an adverb between depictive adverbs and commentary adverbs.

  通过和评注性副词的比较,指出"差点儿"是介于描摹性副词和评注性副词之间的一个副词。