scarcely是什么意思
2024-02-07 15:48:16
scarcely
adv. 几乎不；简直不；刚刚；决不
近义词：hardly，
详细释义
adv.(副词)
- 几乎不
- 决不
- 勉强
- 简直不
- 大概不
- 几乎没有
- 不很
- 刚刚
- 实在不应该
- 刚一…就
- 根本不可能
- 仅仅
- 好容易
- 将近
- 的确没有
- 不至于
双解释义
adv.(副词)
- 仅仅; 几乎不 only just; hardly
- 决不 surely not
英英释义
Adverb
- 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"
- 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.)
- He spoke scarcely a word of English.他几乎连一个英文单词都不会说。
- We scarcely ever used the reserve generator.我们几乎从未用过这台备用发动机
- This book is scarcely worthy reading.这本书简直不值得阅读。
- I could scarcely recognize him.我简直认不出他来了。
- Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.他刚刚到达就不得不又离开。
- 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。
词语用法
adv.(副词)
- 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。 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。 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。 scarcely也可用来修饰名词或代词。