"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"
hardly的用法和樣例:
例句
用作副詞 (adv.)
Hardly anybody came. 幾乎沒有人來。
He could hardly refrain himself. 他幾乎不能自制。
The desert air contains hardly any moisture. 沙漠的空氣幾乎不含一點濕氣。
He is so excited that he can hardly sleep. 他如此興奮,幾乎不能入睡。
She could hardly believe her ears. 她簡直不能相信自己的耳朵。
My legs were so weak I could hardly stand. 我的腿軟得簡直不能站立。
Hardly had the game begun when it started raining. 比賽剛剛開始就下起雨來。