He had been there for nearly ten hours.
他已经在烟囱里被困了将近10个小时。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 35 Justice was done

📚 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
hours
n. 小时（hour的复数形式）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

He will soon be working in an office.
不久就要坐办公室里工作了。
Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!
想到她所花的那笔钱，她的心疼就具有双重意义了。
George studied medicine in his youth.
乔治年轻时学过医，
The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, admitted at once that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney.
那个看来满脸沮丧、浑身漆黑的家伙从烟囱里一出来，就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窍，但让烟囱卡住了。
Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.
我的许多朋友都住在城市，但他们只要一提起乡村，马上就会变得欣喜若狂。
Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events.
常人轶事往往比政治事件更能引起公众注意。