scarcely

adv.

1. 勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不
   only just; almost not
   1. I can scarcely believe it.
      我几乎不敢相信。
   2. We scarcely ever meet.
      我们难得见一面。
   3. Scarcely a week goes by without some new scandal in the papers.
      报上几乎周周都会登出新的丑闻。
2. （表示接连发生）刚一…就
   used to say that sth happens immediately after sth else happens
   1. He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.
      他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。
   2. Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.
      比赛才开始就下起雨来了。
3. 实在不应该；根本不可能
   used to suggest that sth is not at all reasonable or likely
   1. It was scarcely an occasion for laughter.
      笑得实在不是时候。
   2. She could scarcely complain, could she?
      她压根儿没什么好抱怨的，是不是？

1. ADV-BRD-NEG 刚刚;才;勉强
   You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case.
   1. He could scarcely breathe...
      他几乎喘不过气来。
   2. I scarcely knew him...
      我几乎不认识他。
   3. She seemed scarcely aware of him...
      她看上去几乎没有注意到他。
   4. He was scarcely more than a boy...
      他简直就是个孩子。
   5. Scarcely a week goes by without the news providing fresh examples of police racism...
      几乎每周都有关于警方种族歧视事件的新闻报道。
   6. She was scarcely 18 when she made her debut.
      首次出镜时，她刚满 18 岁。
2. ADV-BRD-NEG 几乎不;简直不
   You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way.
   1. It can scarcely be coincidence...
      它不太可能是巧合。
   2. Yesterday, however, his views seemed scarcely relevant...
      然而，昨天他的观点似乎毫无关联。
   3. It was scarcely in their interest to let too many people know.
      他们并不希望太多人知晓此事。
3. ADV-BRD-NEG 刚…(就…)
   If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second.
   1. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles...
      他们刚离开，扛着步枪的士兵们就到了。
   2. Bruce had scarcely shaken our hands when the phone rang.
      布鲁斯刚和我们握了握手，电话就响了。

1. Meg was so abstracted she scarcely noticed that the train had stopped
   梅格想得出了神，几乎没有注意到火车已经停了。
2. Skye has scarcely missed a beat as one of the Gold Coast's spectacular models since her marriage.
   丝凯作为黄金海岸大红大紫的模特儿，自结婚以后从来就没有错失过任何机会。
3. The documentary lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours, and there is scarcely a dull minute.
   该纪录片片长超过两个半小时，却鲜有沉闷之处。
4. In one ad the viewer scarcely sees the car's exterior
   在一则广告中，观众几乎看不到汽车的外观。
5. He could scarcely jog around the block that first day.
   第一天他勉强绕着整个街区跑了下来。
6. He could scarcely breathe
   他几乎喘不过气来。
7. I scarcely knew him
   我几乎不认识他。
8. She seemed scarcely aware of him
   她看上去几乎没有注意到他。
9. He was scarcely more than a boy
   他简直就是个孩子。
10. Scarcely a week goes by without the news providing fresh examples of police racism
    几乎每周都有关于警方种族歧视事件的新闻报道。
11. She was scarcely 18 when she made her debut.
    首次出镜时，她刚满18岁。
12. It can scarcely be coincidence
    它不太可能是巧合。
13. Yesterday, however, his views seemed scarcely relevant
    然而，昨天他的观点似乎毫无关联。
14. It was scarcely in their interest to let too many people know.
    他们并不希望太多人知晓此事。
15. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles
    他们刚离开，扛着步枪的士兵们就到了。
16. Bruce had scarcely shaken our hands when the phone rang.
    布鲁斯刚和我们握了握手，电话就响了。
17. That Rous was a snob and a social climber could scarcely be denied.
    劳斯十分势利，喜欢攀龙附凤——这几乎是不可否认的事实。
18. They tripped along with scarcely a care in the world.
    他们轻快地走着，几乎没有世间的烦恼。
19. Ultimately, Bismarck's revisionism scarcely affected or damaged British interests at all.
    从根本上说，俾斯麦的修正主义几乎未对英国的利益造成一丝一毫的影响或损害。
20. The mend in your dress scarcely shows.
    你衣服上修补的地方几乎看不出来。
21. She always bears her comrades in mind; scarcely does she ever think of herself.
    她心里装着同志们，惟独没有她自己。
22. She was so tired, she could scarcely move her dragging limbs.
    她是那么累，疲惫的双腿简直都挪动不了啦。
23. The truck shows scarcely any sign of wear and tear.
    这辆卡车基本上没有什么磨损。
24. He was scarcely awake when he heard the knock at the door.
    他刚醒来就听见有人敲门。
25. She can scarcely survive this scandal with her reputation intact.
    由于这件丑闻，她的声誉难免不受损。
26. She could scarcely contain herself with delight when she opened the parcel.
    当她打开这个包裹的时候，她简直抑制不住自己兴奋的心情。
27. His novels seem scarcely to date at all.
    他的小说似乎丝毫没有过时。
28. He was so tempted to laugh that he could scarcely hold himself in.
    他太想笑了，几乎控制不住自己。
29. Some of the things we do scarcely give a thought to; we just do them from habit.
    我们做某些事并非深思熟虑，而仅仅出于习惯。
30. Your work is scarcely up to the mark, I suppose.
    我看你的工作不合标准。

  scarcely barely hardly【导航词义：几乎不，勉强】

  scarcely adv. 几乎不，几乎没有

〔辨析〕指不太充分、不太够，或不能令人满意，强调数量或程度上不足，常与 enough，sufficient，any 等词连用。

  barely adv. 勉强；几乎不

〔辨析〕指勉强能达到某一数量、程度等，表示肯定意义，强调没有富余。

  hardly adv. 几乎不，几乎没有

〔辨析〕指接近最低限度，几乎没有富余，或指能力上有困难，表示否定意义，常与 any，ever，at all 或情态动词 can 连用。