scarcely的翻译

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. only a very short time before;

   "they could barely hear the speaker"
   "we hardly knew them"
   "just missed being hit"
   "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
   "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
   

2. almost not;

   "he hardly ever goes fishing"
   "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"
   "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
   

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。

1. We scarcely have time for breakfast.
   我们几乎没有吃早饭的时间。
2. You're scarcely well enough to sit up yet.
   你尚未完全康复,还不能坐起来。
3. Scarcely do I know him.
   我同他不怎么熟。
4. I had scarcely come in when the phone rang.
   我刚进来,电话就响了。
5. Scarcely had I closed my eyes when I began to imagine the most fantastic shapes.
   我一闭上眼睛,就开始想象奇形怪状的东西。
6. We've scarcely any money left.
   我们几乎一点钱不剩。
7. He's scarcely ever late for work.
   他上班几乎从不迟到。
8. There were scarcely fifty people present in that meeting.
   那次会议出席的不足50人。

• 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

1. scarcely在句中一般放在行为动词之前,助动词、情态动词或系动词之后。
2. scarcely在正式文体或文学语言中,常可放在句首,句子采用倒装语序。
3. scarcely之后可接any, ever, at all等,表示“几乎不”“几乎从不”“几乎没有”; 也可接when表示“刚刚…就…”,这时主句用过去完成式, when引导的从句用一般过去式。
4. scarcely也可用来修饰名词或代词。