副词

1. 几乎;实际上;事实上;差不多
You can use virtually to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true.

1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
all but

e.g. 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

Synonym: aboutalmostmostnearlynearnighwell-nigh

2. in essence or effect but not in fact

e.g. the strike virtually paralyzed the city
I'm virtually broke