scarcely的意思是什么

1. 几乎不
2. 决不
3. 勉强
4. 简直不
5. 大概不
6. 几乎没有
7. 不很
8. 刚刚
9. 实在不应该
10. 刚一…就
11. 根本不可能
12. 仅仅
13. 好容易
14. 将近
15. 的确没有
16. 不至于

1. 仅仅; 几乎不 only just; hardly
2. 决不 surely not

1.刚刚;才;勉强
You usescarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case.

e.g. He couldscarcely breathe...
他几乎喘不过气来。
e.g. Iscarcely knew him...
我几乎不认识他。

2.几乎不;简直不
You can usescarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way.

e.g. It canscarcely be coincidence...
它不太可能是巧合。
e.g. Yesterday, however, his views seemedscarcely relevant...
然而，昨天他的观点似乎毫无关联。

3.刚…(就…)
If you sayscarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second.

e.g. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles...
他们刚离开，扛着步的士兵们就到了。
e.g. Bruce hadscarcely shaken our hands when the phone rang.
布鲁斯刚和我们握了握手，电话就响了。

• scarcely any几乎没有(少有...
• scarcely ever极难得(几乎从不)...
• scarcely less简直一样(简直相等)...
• You're scarcely out of the shell yet.你乳臭未干。...

• It is scarcely possible to act otherwise.

  出自：L. Murray

• He blamed my partner, who could scarcely believe his ears.

  出自：H. Conway

• Work on the edition..had scarcely progressed.

  出自：A. S. Byatt

• He could scarcely stifle his cry of pain.

  出自：O. Manning

• Her salary scarcely paid the rent.

  出自：B. Chatwin

scarcely, barely, hardly

这组词意思相近，其区别是：

hardly常用来修饰表示能力的词; scarcely强调不足,常与enough, sufficient等词连用; barely强调“勉强”。例如:

The enemy are so exhausted that they are hardly able to fight any longer.敌人已经疲惫得简直不能再战了。

The field is so thickly grown with rice that there is scarcely sufficient room for one to work in.稻子长得很密,人们简直无法下田劳动了。

I have barely enough money to buy a cup of coffee.我的钱刚好够买一杯咖啡。

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。

scarcely强调“不足”，主要指数量而言，常与enough、sufficient、any或数词连用。