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Hook had well-nigh forgotten his prisoners , but as he swung round on them now his face lit up again .

胡克几乎把囚徒们都忘了，这时他回头看到他们，脸上忽然又亮了。

Still higher , on their left , the elevation called Bulbarrow or Bealbarrow , well-nigh the highest in South Wessex , swelled into the sky , engirdled by its earthen trenches .

在左边还要高一些的地方，是一处被叫做野牛坟或比尔坟的高地，它几乎就是南威塞克斯的最高点，迎天耸立，四周被土沟围绕着。

Defence was well-nigh impossible against such opponents .

遇到这样的对手几乎防不胜防。

Finding a rug that 's just the colour , size and price you want can be well-nigh impossible .

找到一块颜色、尺寸和价格都符合你要求的毛毯几乎是不可能的。

It would be well-nigh impossible to get there in less than an hour .

在1小时以内赶到那里几乎是可能的。

With no help , finishing the job in a day was well-nigh impossible .

没有帮助，在一天之内干完这份工作几乎是不可能的。

They concluded that American literature had been well-nigh throttled at birth . （

他们断言美国文学诞生之日便几乎被扼杀了。人之初，性本善。第四、语法精讲.

Woman , I could well-nigh pity thee !

女人，我满可以可怜你的！

But as for him , his feet were almost gone ; his steps had well-nigh slipped .

至于他，他的脚几乎失闪，险些滑跌。

Their supply of spices was well-nigh exhausted .

他们的香料供应已经枯竭。

Intraperitoneal injection of guanethidine sulphate 20 mg / kg caused a well-nigh complete depletion in 5 hours .

腹腔注射胍乙啶20毫克/公斤后5小时，NA已近耗尽；

The otter is well-nigh extinct in most of britain .

水獭在英国绝大部分地区已近乎绝迹。

It is well-nigh impossible to separate desirable risk-taking from undesirable until either interest rates rise , or new bank regulations such as higher capital requirements are in place .

在提高利率或出台提高资本金要求等新的银行监管措施之前，要将有益的冒险行为与有害的冒险行为区分开，几乎是不可能的。

There will be a merry company in the forest ; and I well-nigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one .

树林里要举行一次联欢，我已经答应过那黑男人，海丝特白兰要来参加呢。

Full of hope , Edmond swallowed a few mouthfuls of bread and water , and , thanks to the vigor of his constitution , found himself well-nigh recovered .

满怀着希望，爱德蒙吃了几口面包，喝了一点水，仗着自己良好的体质，他发觉自己已差不多完全恢复了。

It believes that Japan is well-nigh exhausted and will change her basic policy , voluntarily withdrawing from central , southern and even northern china , and that China can thus win without doing any more fighting .

他们认为日本已经不行了，它将改变其根本政策，自动地退出华中、华南甚至华北，中国可以不要再打而取得胜利。

He added , Of course , the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence . But we are compelled to recognise it as a means to well-nigh every desirable achievement .

当然积累财富并不能作为生存的主要目的，但是我们却必须认识到，它作为一种方法几乎可以是我们获取任何想要的成就。

That innate love of melody , which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother , gave the simplest music a power over her which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times .

她生来就喜爱音乐，那是她那位喜欢唱民歌的母亲遗传给她的，她这种爱好使最简单的音乐也具有了一种力量，有时候差不多能把她的心从胸膛里给掏出来。

It 's difficult or well-nigh impossible to systematically predict what 's going to happen . You may think you know you 're in a bubble , but you still can 't tell whether things are going up or down the next day .

要系统性地预测未来会发生什么，是一件很难，甚至是几乎不可能的事。或许你认为知道自己处于泡沫之中，但你仍然无法断定第二天的涨跌。

No man who has endeavored to carry out an enterprise where many hands were needed , but has been well-nigh appalled at times by the imbecility of the average man-the inability or unwillingness to concentrate on a thing and do it .

没有人能够经营好这样的企业&在那里虽然有众多人手，但是令人惊讶的是，其中充满了许多碌碌无为的人，这些人要么没有能力，要么不情愿去集中精力做好一件事。