scarcely
scarcely
英[ˈskeəsli]美[ˈskersli]
adv.几乎不，简直不，刚刚，才，决不，（刚）一…就；
例句
Seeing such fine weather, the boys could scarcely keep in.看到这样的好天气, 男孩们在屋里待不住了。
a past that was scarcely savory不正经的过去
You can scarcely expect me to believe that.别以为我相信那件事。
We've scarcely any money left.我们几乎一点钱不剩。
Scarcely do I know him.我同他不那么熟。
We scarcely have time for breakfast.我们几乎没有吃早饭的时间。
There are scarcely any flies left around there.那周围几乎没有任何苍蝇了。
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。
She scarcely earns enough money to make ends meet.她几乎挣不到足够的钱以维持开支.
Worn blackened window - ledges catch the eye , whose delicate carving can scarcely distinguished.有些地方,露出破旧黝黑的窗槛, 细巧的雕刻已经看不大清.
英语六级真题
On the flip side, there are many forced riders, who are suffering from the climate change impacts despite having scarcely contributed to the problem.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文In the flip side, there are many "forced riders", who are suffering from the climate change impacts despite having scarcely contributed to the problem.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADV-BRD-NEG
刚刚;才;勉强
You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case.
例句
He could scarcely breathe...他几乎喘不过气来。I scarcely knew him...我几乎不认识他。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.
例句
It can scarcely be coincidence...它不太可能是巧合。Yesterday, however, his views seemed scarcely relevant...然而，昨天他的观点似乎毫无关联。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.
例句
Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles...他们刚离开，扛着步*的士兵们就到了。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。英汉词典释义
adv.
仅仅; 几乎不
We scarcely have time for breakfast.我们几乎没有吃早饭的时间。Scarcely do I know him.我同他不那么熟。We've scarcely any money left.我们几乎一点钱不剩。决不
You can scarcely expect me to believe that.别以为我相信那件事。实在不应该；根本不可能
（表示接连发生）刚一…就
勉强；刚；简直不
英英词典释义
Adverb
1. by a small margin;
"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"- W.B.Yeats2. almost not;
"he hardly ever goes fishing""he was hardly more than sixteen years old""they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
