scarcely

汉语翻译

ad. 简直不, 一定不, 仅仅
相关词组:
scarcely any

词意辨析

hardly, scarcely

这一对副词都有“几乎不”、“几乎没有”的否定意味，但涵义重心有细微的差异。
hardly: 强调“困难”，指程度而言，常用以修饰表示能力的词，与can、ever、any等词连用。he hardly knew what to say.
他简直不知道说什么才好。i can hardly believe that some socialites and dignitaries are involved in syndicated crime.
我简直不能相信，一些社会名流，达官政要竟然涉及集团罪行。
scarcely: 强调“不足”，主要指数量而言，常与enough、sufficient、any或数词连用。when he played the piano he was scarcely four years old.
他懂得弹钢琴还不满四岁。the tram was so crowded that there was scarcely sufficient room for you.
电车上十分拥挤，几乎没有你立足之地。at midnight，scarcely any taxi could be found in the streets.
午夜时分，街上几乎看不到一辆的士。

英语解释

副词 scarcely:

by a small margin- W.B.Yeats同义词：barely, hardly, just, scarcealmost not同义词：hardly

例句

They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强　口。The speaker said almost nothing (ie scarcely anything) worth listening to.那个发言人说的话简直没有一句值得听。He spoke scarcely a word of English.他几乎连一个英文单词都不会说。Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.他刚刚到达就不得不又离开。