汉译英常见错误 | 日本几乎没有自然资源

[译] 日本几乎没有自然资源。
[误] Japan has nearly no natural resources.

[正] Japan has almost no natural resources.
[注] 副词 almost 可与 no/none/nothing/never 等词连用, 此时不可用 nearly 代替, 但可用 hardly, scarcely (any) 替换, 如: The speaker said almost nothing(或 scarcely anything) worth listening to. 演讲人所说的几乎没有值得听的东西。nearly 用于肯定句中,如:It's nearly 12 o'clock. 快 12 点了。此时亦可说:It's almost 12 o'clock.