well-nigh [wɛl naɪ]

例句:

• Wash the mussels well under cold, running water.
  来自BBC
• Sprinkle the flour into the pan and stir well.
  来自BBC
• Dissenters, well, they might just be converted.
  来自BBC
• 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。
  
• 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.