scarcely
柯林斯詞典
1. ADV You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case. 幾乎不; 簡直不[強(qiáng)調(diào)]
He could scarcely breathe. 他幾乎喘不過氣來。
I scarcely knew him. 我?guī)缀醪徽J(rèn)識他。
2. ADV You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. 決不
It can scarcely be coincidence. 這決不可能是巧合。
3. ADV If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 剛…就…[ADV before v]
Scarcely had the votes been counted, when the telephone rang. 選票剛一統(tǒng)計(jì)好，電話就響了。
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scarcely /?sk??sl?/
劍橋詞典
- I scarcely registered the fact that he was there.
- I scarcely heard him laugh all night .
- The city centre has scarcely changed in over a century .
- She spoke so quietly that I could scarcely hear her.
- By this time he was so drunk he could scarcely stand up.
scarcely adverb (ONLY JUST)
almost not勉強(qiáng)；幾乎不
I was scarcely able to move my arm after the accident . 那場事故以后，我的手臂幾乎不能動了。
I could scarcely believe it when she said she wanted to marry me. 當(dāng)她說想要跟我結(jié)婚時，我簡直無法相信。
used to say that something happened immediately after something else happened
剛…就
I had scarcely sat down/Scarcely had I sat down to eat when the phone rang . 我剛坐下，電話鈴就響了。
同義詞
barely
hardly
例句
scarcely adverb (NOT)
certainly not
決不
I'd scarcely have done it if I didn't think it was absolutely necessary ! 要是當(dāng)時我認(rèn)為并非完全必要的話，我決不會這么干的。
He's only two - you can scarcely blame him for behaving badly . 他只有兩歲——不聽話你也不能怪他。
同義詞
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