"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"
scarcely的用法和样例:
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。