It's nearly ready.We can have dinner at seven o'clock.
马上就好。7点钟我们可以吃饭。
新概念英语第一册
Lesson 81 Roast beef and potatoes
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 几乎，差不多;险乎;
💡 near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他过了半辈子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下来.
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
adj. 准备好的，现成的;即时的，敏捷的;情愿的;即将的;
vt. 做好…的准备;
adv. 预先;已完成地;
n. 现款;
💡 准备好，再读（read）一（y）遍
"Everyone, allow me face, come back tomorrow when I have everything ready."
各位, 给我一个面子, 等明天我把一切准备好了再请你们过来玩吧.
近义：prepare, adapt, deploy, enable, fix, minded
反义：unprepared
n. 正餐，主餐;宴会;晚餐;
💡 鹿(d)在里面(inner)吃 正餐
"Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she gave him the brush-off ."
保罗邀请塔拉外出吃饭，但遭到拒绝。
近义：meal, repast, supper, fare, grub
n. 钟，时钟;计时器;秒表;仪表;
vt. 记录（时间或速度）;测…的速度;
vi. 打卡;记下时间;
💡 cock(公鸡)+l:模仿公鸡的象声词，都是叫人起床- 钟表 闹钟（c）上锁（lock），不然乱闹
"I set the alarm clock for 7 o'clock."
我把闹钟定在7点钟闹响。
近义：time, timepiece