The game was all but over by the time we arrived. 我们到那儿时,比赛差不多要结束了。 
 I'd all but given up on you. 我差不多要放弃你了。 
 His addiction to gambling all but ruined him.
 The outcome of the election is all but certain.
 Scientists found that several of the compounds all but stopped the virus. 
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