scarcely详尽意思

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。

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

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。