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 just about
 幾乎,差不多

 just about
      adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
             accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
             `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
             `almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby
             was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're
             almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he
             nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the
             recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the
             parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by
             the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: about, almost,
              most, all but, nearly, near, nigh, virtually,
              well-nigh]
      2: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
         "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
         "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
         stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
         came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000";
         "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at
         the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, some,
          roughly, more or less, around, or so]