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adv.刚刚,几乎不,仅,严厉的,艰辛的

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hardly


/'hɑ:dlɪ; `hɑrdlɪ/
adv
1 only just; scarcely 刚刚; 仅仅
*I hardly know her. 我不怎么认识她.
* We had hardly begun/Hardly had we begun our walk when it began to rain. 我们刚一举步就下起雨来了.
* I'm so tired I can hardly (ie only with difficulty) stay awake. 我疲倦得简直昏昏欲睡.
2 (used to suggest that sth is improbable, unlikely or unreasonable 用以表示某事未必能发生、不大可能发生或不合情理)
*He can hardly (ie cannot possibly) have arrived yet. 他大概还没有到.
* You can hardly expect me to lend you money again. 你可别指望我再借给你钱.
3 almost no; almost not 几乎没有; 几乎不
*There's hardly any coal left. 几乎没有煤了.
* Hardly anybody (ie Very few people) came. 几乎没有什么人来.
* He hardly ever (ie very seldom) goes to bed before midnight. 他很少在午夜以前就寝.
* I need hardly say (ie It is almost unnecessary for me to say) that I was very upset. 无庸赘言, 我心乱如麻. =>Usage at almost 用法见almost.

hardly


adv
almost not
 My parents divorced when I was six, and I hardly knew my father.
 The children were so excited they could hardly speak.
 I can hardly believe it.
 Hardly anyone (=almost no one) writes to me these days.
 Dad ate hardly anything (=almost nothing) .
 There was hardly any (=very little) traffic.
 She lives in Spain, so we hardly ever (=almost never) see her.
hardly a day/week/month etc goes by without/when
(=used to say that something happens almost every day, week etc)
 Hardly a month goes by without another factory closing down.
see usage noterarely
used to mean 'not', when you are suggesting that the person you are speaking to will agree with you
 It's hardly surprising that she won't answer his calls after the way he's treated her.
 You can hardly blame Tom for not waiting.
 My boss could hardly be described as handsome.
hardly the time/place/person etc
(=a very unsuitable time, place, person)
 This is hardly the place to discuss the matter.
used to say that something has only just happened
 The serious building work has hardly begun.
hardly ... when/before
 She had hardly sat down when the phone rang.
GRAMMAR
Do not use hardly with a negative word : I can hardly believe he said that (NOT I can't hardly believe he said that). | There's hardly any milk left (NOT There's hardly no milk left).
Use hardly just before the main verb : He could hardly speak (NOT He hardly could speak).
Do not use hardly at the beginning of a sentence, except in very formal writing : I had hardly got in the house when the phone rang is the usual way to say this. It is possible to say |Hardly had I got in the house when the phone rang but this is very formal
!! Do not use hardly as the adverb of hard . The adverb of hard is hard : I tried hard to remember (NOT I tried hardly to remember). | Students have to study very hard (NOT Students have to study very hardly).