scarcely
美音:
[´skɛəslı
]英音:
[´skɛəslı
]adv.几乎不,简直没有
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scarcely
/'skeəslɪ; `skɛrslɪ/
adv
1 only just; hardly 仅仅; 几乎不
*There were scarcely a hundred people present. 出席的不足一百人.
* I scarcely know him. 我不大认识他.
* Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang. 她一进屋电话就响了.
2 surely not 决不
*You can scarcely expect me to believe that. 别以为我能相信那件事. =>Usage at almost 用法见 almost.
scarcely
advalmost not or almost none at all
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hardly The city had scarcely changed in 20 years. The country had scarcely any industry. He scarcely ever left the region.can/could scarcely do sth It was getting dark and she could scarcely see in front of her.scarcely a day/year/moment etc Scarcely a day goes by when I don't think of him.see usage noterarelyonly a moment ago
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hardly, barely
barely He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door.definitely not or almost certainly not
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hardly Early March is scarcely the time of year for sailing.
1. With scarcely a glance at the items, the clerk sweeps them across an aperture, where a special marking on each item is scanned by a low-powered laser beam inside the machine, connected to a remote computer. 收款员几乎不看商品,只是把商品从机器上的孔眼处一扫而过,机器里的低能量激光对商品上的一个特殊标志进行扫描,这台扫描机与另一台电脑相联。
2. This food is scarcely edible. 这种食物算不上能吃.
3. There were scarcely a hundred people present. 出席的不足一百人.
4. "But scarcely did I awake when away flew the tune and I could not recall any part of it." "可我一醒来,那首曲子便无影无踪了,我怎么也记不起来了。
5. It was a small room, on the sixth and top floor, and scarcely a setting for a romantic figure. 艾伯特的房间很小,位于6楼,旅馆的顶层,不像是个传奇人物的住处。
6. I bend close to her and scarcely hear as she whispers, "Water." 我俯过身去,勉强听见她微弱的声音:"水。"
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