\\\"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\\\"
造句
用作副詞(adv.)
He spoke scarcely a word of English. 他幾乎連一個英文單詞都不會說。
We scarcely ever used the reserve generator. 我們幾乎從未用過這臺備用發動機
This book is scarcely worthy reading. 這本書簡直不值得閱讀。
I could scarcely recognize him. 我簡直認不出他來了。
Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again. 他剛剛到達就不得不又離開。
They could scarcely complain after such good treatment. 在受到如此好的待遇后他們決不會抱怨。
常用短語
scarcely any
幾乎沒有(少有...
scarcely ever
極難得(幾乎從不)...
scarcely less
簡直一樣(簡直相等)...
You\\\'re scarcely out of the shell yet.
你乳臭未干。...
組詞
It is scarcely possible to act otherwise.
出自：L. Murray
He blamed my partner, who could scarcely believe his ears.