基本介紹
- 外文名：scarcely
- 詞性：副詞
- 單詞發音：英[ˈskeəsli]美[ˈskersli]
- 詞語類型：英語單詞
單詞釋義,單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [ˈskeəsli] 美 [ˈskersli]
adv. 勉強，幾乎不；剛……（就……），才；絕不，一定不
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
scarcely /ˈskɛəslɪ/ CET4 TEM4
1.ADV You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case. 幾乎不; 簡直不 [強調]
2.ADV You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. 決不
3.ADV If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 剛…就… [ADV before v]
短語搭配
scarcely ad 幾乎不 ; 僅僅 ; 勉強 ; 絕不
scarcely ever 極難得 ; 幾乎從不 ; 很少 ; 幾乎
scarcely any 簡直沒有 ; 幾乎沒有
Scarcely populated area 地廣人稀
scarcely less 簡直一樣
scarcely able 勉強能 ; 幾乎不能 ; 僅能
hardly scarcely 幾乎不
SCARCELY NOT 幾乎不 ; 幾乎沒有
afford scarcely 幾乎買不起
雙語例句
- It can scarcely be coincidence. 這絕不可能是巧合。
- I can scarcely believe it. 我幾乎不敢相信。
- I scarcely knew him. 我幾乎不認識他。
- He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him. 他變得我幾乎認不出來了。
- He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang. 他剛放下電話，門鈴就響了起來。
- I scarcely had time to ring the bell before the door opened. 我剛一按門鈴，門就開了。
- Scarcely had the votes been counted, when the telephone rang. 選票剛一統計好，電話就響了。
- In fact he could scarcely have spent his time more profitably. 事實上他幾乎不可能把他的時間花得更有益了。
- Mr. Craven scarcely heard her last words. 克雷文先生幾乎沒有聽到她最後的話。
- He lay motionless, and listened, scarcely breathing. 他一動不動地躺著，聽著，幾乎沒有呼吸。
- These changes were gradual and at first scarcely visible. 這些變化是循序漸進的，起初幾乎看不出來。
- She had scarcely put the piece into her mouth, when she fell down dead upon the ground. 她剛把那塊蘋果放進嘴裡，就倒在地上死了。
- Scarcely were they up, than who should come by but the very rogues they were looking for. 他們剛爬上去，他們要找的那些流氓就出現了。
- The malls have that serene aura of undisturbed wilderness, with scarcely a shopper in sight. 購物中心就像一片寧靜的原野，幾乎看不到一個購物者。
- He could scarcely breathe. 他幾乎喘不過氣來。
- We scarcely ever meet. 我們難得見一面。
- She could scarcely complain, could she? 她壓根兒沒什麼好抱怨的，是不是？
- It was scarcely an occasion for laughter. 笑得實在不是時候。
- He could scarcely keep in his indignation. 他幾乎控制不住自己的憤怒。
- They have sold scarcely any copies of the book. 這書他們幾乎沒賣出幾本。
- Such an idea was scarcely thinkable ten years ago. 十年前，這樣的想法幾乎是難以想像的。
- Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain. 比賽才開始就下起雨來了。
- He scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family. 他掙的錢幾乎不夠養活他自己和家人。
- Scarcely a week goes by without some new scandal in the papers. 報上幾乎周周都會登出新的醜聞。
- She could scarcely stand this. 她簡直受不了這個。
- I can scarcely believe thee! 我簡直不能相信你！
- I'm so happy I can scarcely breathe! 我高興得幾乎不能呼吸了！
- I can scarcely bear myself any longer. 我再也忍受不了了。
- Mary could scarcely bear to leave him. 瑪麗幾乎捨不得離開他。
- She was so happy that she scarcely dared to breathe. 她高興得幾乎不敢呼吸。
