scarcely
- adv.几乎不;刚;简直不;勉强;(表示接连发生)刚一…就;根本不可能;实在不应该
scarce adj.缺乏的 + -ly ...地
scarcelyadv.
勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不
only just; almost not
I can scarcely believe it.
我几乎不敢相信。
We scarcely ever meet.
我们难得见一面。
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。
（表示接连发生）刚一…就
used to say that sth happens immediately after sth else happens
He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.
他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。
Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.
比赛才开始就下起雨来了。
实在不应该；根本不可能
used to suggest that sth is not at all reasonable or likely
It was scarcely an occasion for laughter.
笑得实在不是时候。
She could scarcely complain, could she?
她压根儿没什么好抱怨的，是不是？
scarcely
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ADV-BRD-NEG 刚刚;才;勉强
You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case.He could scarcely breathe...
他几乎喘不过气来。
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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.It can scarcely be coincidence...
它不太可能是巧合。
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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.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。
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- 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"- W.B.Yeat
- Synonym: barely hardly just scarce
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- almost not
- he hardly ever goes fishing
- he was hardly more than sixteen years old
- they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
- Synonym: hardly
数据来源：WordNet
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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。
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But in the case of China - where modern capital markets are scarcely a generation old - the backlash could be expected to be even more pronounced .
但在中国现代资本市场勉强有一代人之久的地方，人们可以预期，这种反弹可能更加显著。
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Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain .
比赛才开始就下起雨来了。
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He scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family .
他挣的钱几乎不够养活他自己和家人。
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She could scarcely complain , could she ?
她压根儿没什么好抱怨的，是不是？
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I scarcely had time to ring the bell before the door opened .
我刚一按门铃，门就开了。
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He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him .
他变得我几乎认不出来了。
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Such an idea was scarcely thinkable ten years ago .
十年前，这样的想法几乎是难以想象的。
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They have sold scarcely any copies of the book .
这书他们几乎没卖出几本。
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He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang .
他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。
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We scarcely ever meet .
我们难得见一面。
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The situation scarcely warrants their / them being dismissed .
这种情况很难证明解雇他们是正当的。
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I can scarcely believe it .
我几乎不敢相信。
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It was scarcely an occasion for laughter .
笑得实在不是时候。
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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。
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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。
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Yesterday , however , his views seemed scarcely relevant
然而，昨天他的观点似乎毫无关联。
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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。
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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。
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She was scarcely 18 when she made her debut .
首次出镜时，她刚满18岁。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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He was scarcely more than a boy
他简直就是个孩子。
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She seemed scarcely aware of him
她看上去几乎没有注意到他。
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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。
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He could scarcely breathe
他几乎喘不过气来。
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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。
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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。
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I scarcely knew him
我几乎不认识他。
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。
This small country has scarcely any industry.
这个小国家几乎没有工业。
The hall is so crowded that there is scarcely sufficient room for one to move.
大厅里人山人海，简直无法走动。
Scarcely a day goes by when I don't think of her.
我几乎没有一天不想她。
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。
They had barely enough money to pay the rent.
他们的钱刚好够付租金。
She is now barely able to stand.
她现在勉强能站立。
Barely any of the villagers can read or write.
那里的村民粗通文字而已。
The manager barely acknowledged her presence.
经理只略微向她打了个招呼。
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。
I'm so tired that I can hardly walk.
我很累，简直走不动了。
He's hardly slept at all this week.
这星期他几乎没睡什么觉。
There is hardly any milk left.
几乎没剩什么牛奶了。
I can hardly remember him now.
如今我已几乎记不得他了。