The petrol had nearly all been used up.
汽油几乎已经用光。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 86 Out of control

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

nearly ['nɪrli] 词频1
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
petrol ['pɛtrəl]
n. 汽油;
💡 petr（石头）+ol（oil油）- 石油 网友：tom 补充：pet（宠物）+rol（roll，滚动） 宠物滚到油井里，发现石油。
"chemical additives in petrol"
汽油中的化学添加剂
近义：petroleum, naphtha, gas, gasolene, gasoline, oil
used [just] 词频2 词根: 使用
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的; v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词）;常常，经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed 反义：unused, unworn

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

We have an old musical instrument.
我家有件古乐器，
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, Do you speak English?'
“你会讲英语吗？”
He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.
他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。
When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.
当我问他正干什么时，他内疚地笑了，然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。
The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.
飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上。
Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island.
于是，到了1989年，飞机失事26年后，在对小岛的一次航空勘查中那架飞机被意外地发现了。