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By the end of his life, Presley's vocals often descended close to self-parody.在人生的最后阶段，猫王普雷斯利的歌曲大不如前，通常近乎于自我嘲弄。He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture.他以近乎父亲的姿态用手托着她的下巴。His eyes had dulled, almost glazed.他的目光变得迟钝，近乎呆滞。His hatred of her was almost pathological.他对她的憎恨近乎病态。Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.近乎持续的经济增长使许多欧洲公司误以为会好景长在。I was almost spastic trying not to laugh.我强忍着不笑出来，但已全身颤动近乎痉挛了。He schmoozed his teachers.他与他的老师们套上了近乎。He was almost maniacal in his pursuit of sporting records.他近乎发疯般地追求打破体育纪录。I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.我发现她相当严厉，拒人于千里之外，近乎冷漠。Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。He was near to panic as he scrambled out of the building.他爬出那栋大楼的时候近乎惶恐。The meal gave the occasion an almost festive air.这一餐使整个场合有了近乎节日般的喜庆氛围。His remarks were trenching on poor taste.他的话近乎低级趣味。His confidence bordered on arrogance.他的自信近乎自负。Houston smiles almost maternally.休斯敦露出近乎母亲般的微笑。A senior White House official said the agreement is close.一位白宫高级官员说，协议已近乎达成。Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on hysteria.萨姆来的时候处于一种近乎于歇斯底里的兴奋状态。He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance.他是一个典型的好炫耀者，有一种近乎傲慢的自负。The rowers were nearing exhaustion.桨手们近乎筋疲力尽了。His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.他的声音近乎歇斯底里。He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。Street crime is virtually endemic in large cities.街头犯罪近乎是大城市的通病。Ukraine is handicapped by its near-total dependency on Russian oil.乌克兰受制于对俄罗斯石油近乎完全的依赖。The plot often borders on farce.情节常常近乎荒诞。It was with a feeling akin to despair that I realized the car was not going to start.当我意识到汽车发动不起来的时候，我的心情近乎绝望。I remember when the restaurant's opening was nothing more than a distant possibility.我记得当时饭店开张的可能性近乎渺茫。The pushing and grabbing at yesterday's sales bordered on mass hysteria.昨天特卖会上那种推推挤挤的场面就像是人人都近乎歇斯底里。The dusters at the museum approached their work with an almost reverential air.博物馆的清洁工们对待工作的态度近乎虔敬。Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith.近乎鲁钝的天真使他坚守自己的信仰。In the end she overspent herself and became an almost tragic figure.最终她累垮了，成了一个近乎悲剧式的人物。Their CEO has an arrogance that borders on megalomania.他们的首席执行官非常傲慢，近乎狂妄自大。Near-fanatical security dampened the sense of occasion.近乎极端的安保措施破坏了现场的盛大氛围。The process was fastidiously checked.该过程被近乎挑剔般地核对过了。His accusations were verging on slander.他的指责近乎诽谤。The company's pay offer was accompanied by thinly veiled threats if it was rejected.如果公司的薪酬方案遭到拒绝，随之而来的就是近乎直白的威胁。She sank her voice to a whisper.她压低声音近乎耳语。The tone of Helen's voice approached severity.海伦的语气近乎严厉。Her expression is almost comical.她的表情近乎滑稽。His rigid translation of this literary work borders on literalness.他对这部文学作品的生硬翻译近乎刻板。His poetry veered dangerously close to sentimentalism.他的诗风陡然转至近乎伤感多愁，这种改变很危险。 |