scarcely

英 ['skeəsli] 美 ['skersli]

• adv. 几乎不；简直不；刚刚；决不

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 仅仅; 几乎不

   only just; hardly

2. 决不

   surely not

详尽释义

adv. 副词

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

英英释义

Adverb:

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"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He spoke scarcely a word of English.
   他几乎连一个英文单词都不会说。
2. We scarcely ever used the reserve generator.
   我们几乎从未用过这台备用发动机
3. This book is scarcely worthy reading.
   这本书简直不值得阅读。
4. I could scarcely recognize him.
   我简直认不出他来了。
5. Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.
   他刚刚到达就不得不又离开。
6. They could scarcely complain after such good treatment.
   在受到如此好的待遇后他们决不会抱怨。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

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。

经典引文

• 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

词汇搭配

• 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。...

词语用法

adv. (副词)

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。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hardly