scarcely
['skɛəsli]
adv.几乎不, 简直不, 刚刚, 决不
例句与用法:
They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.
他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强 口。
The speaker said almost nothing (ie scarcely anything) worth listening to.
那个发言人说的话简直没有一句值得听。
He spoke scarcely a word of English.
他几乎连一个英文单词都不会说。
Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.
他刚刚到达就不得不又离开。
词形变化:
形容词比较级: scarcer | 形容词最高级: scarcest | 名词: scarceness |
ad.
1. 几乎不, 几乎没有
I can scarcely hear you.
我几乎听不见你讲话。
2. 决不
He can scarcely have said that.
他决不会说这种话的。
3. 不很; 大概不
I scarcely think so.
我可不这么想。
scarcely
词形变化:
形容词比较级: scarcer | 形容词最高级: scarcest | 名词: scarceness |
同义词:
rare | sparse | meager | uncommon | infrequent | scanty | in short supply | limited | inadequate | insufficient | scant | meagre | unusual | valuable | skimpy | tight | threatened | occasional | barely | just | hardly | scarcely |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
ad.好容易才, 几乎, 模糊地, 轻微地
barely
hardly
only just
just
with difficulty
not easily
dimly
slightly
not quite
merely
only
ad.不明确地, 不可能地
definitely not
certainly not
on no account
on no occasion
by no means
no way
in no way
not at all
not a bit
同义参见:
skin
virtually
scarcely['skεəsli]adv.1.■几乎不,简直不;简直没有:I can scarcely hear.我几乎什么也听不见。2.■决不;肯定不是,肯定没有:to be scarcely the time to do something不是做某事的适当时间3.■大概不,也许不:You can scarcely have chosen better.恐怕你找不到更好的了。4.■刚刚,才:He has scarcely gone for Tianjin.他刚走,去天津了。近义词hardlyscarcely any几乎没有scarcely ever几乎从不,极少
scarcelyscarcely[ˈskɛəsli]adv.1.■几乎不, 简直不2.■刚刚, 仅仅, 才3.■一定不, 决不4.■(刚)一...就... (when)5.■不...的几乎没有(but)6.■不很, 大概不I could scarcely recognize him.我简直认不出他来了。He was scarcely sixteen when he joined the army.他参军时刚刚十六岁。This can scarcely be true.事实决不会是这样的。He had scarcely escaped when he was recaptured.他刚逃掉就被逮住了。There is scarcely a man but has his weak side.无缺点的人几乎没有。I scarcely think so.我可不这么想。He is scarcely so tall as you.他没有你这样高。
adverb
- only just; almost not
刚好;几乎不
her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying.
她声音太小,我几乎听不到她说什么。
■only a very short time before
才,刚刚
she had scarcely dismounted before the door swung open.
她刚下马门就开了。
■used to suggest that something is unlikely to be or certainly not the case
不可能;不会
they could scarcely all be wrong.
他们不可能全都错了。
scarcely
副词 scarcely:
by a small margin- W.B.Yeats
同义词:barely, hardly, just, scarce
almost not
同义词:hardly
scarcely
■She had scarcely finished speaking when.
一语未了:意思是‘刚说完’。
■There were scarcely twenty people there.
个人都没有。
■One can scarcely pay too high a price for liberty.
为了自由,人们付出再高的代价也不过分。
■One can scarcely pay too high price for liberty.
人对自由付出的代价再高,也不过分。
■I scarcely have leisure for football afternoon .
今天下午我没有时间踢足球。
■I scarcely have leisure for/ to play tennis this afternoon.
今天下午我没有空打网球。
■He had scarcely got home before it began to rain.
他一到家,天就开始下雨了。
■Scarcely had be arrived there when he fell ill.
他一到那里就生病了。
■He had scarcely arrived home when it began to rain.
他一回到家就开始下雨了。他几乎不读书。
■He has scarcely got home when the telephone rang.
他一回到家电话铃就响了起来。
■He had scarcely begun his speech when the audience began to heckle him.
他一开始演讲,听众就开始诘问他。
■He had scarcely received the letter when he answered it.
他一接到信便马上回信。
■He had scarcely escaped when he was recaptured.
他一逃就被逮住了。
■He kept speaking, and I could scarcely edge in a word.
他不停地讲,我连一句话都插不上。
■Scarcely had he arrived before his wife started complaining.
他人一到,他的妻子就开始抱怨。
■They scarcely ever used the emergency generator.
他们几乎从不使用应急发电机。
■They had scarcely come in when it began to rain.
他们刚一进来,就下起雨来了。
■Such food as they gave us was scarcely fit to eat.
他们所给我们的东西几乎不适宜食用。
■Their damp drafty house was scarcely habitable.
他们潮湿透风的屋子不宜住人。
■They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.
他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强 口。
■He can scarcely have said that.
他决不会说这种话的。
■He can scarcely have say so.
他决不会这样说的。
■He was scarcely able to cope with the situation.
他几乎不知道如何去应付这个局面。
■He can scarcely tell fact from fiction.
他几乎不能区分现实和虚幻。
■He scarcely ever go to the movies.
他几乎从不看电影。
■He scarcely noticed that the time was passing.
他几乎没注意到时间在消逝。
■He could scarcely drag himself along .
他几乎走不动了。
■He spoke scarcely a word of English.
他几乎连一个英文单词都不会说。
■He can scarcely write his own name.
他几乎连名字都写不出来了。
■Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.
他刚刚到达就不得不又离开。
■He had scarcely arrived when he had to leave again.
他刚刚到达就又要离开了。
■Scarcely had he arrived when a quarrel broke out.
他刚到就发生了一场争吵。
■He has scarcely gone for Tianjin.
他刚走,去天津了。
■He was scarcely awake when he heard the knock at the door.
他刚醒来就听见有人敲门。
■He was scarcely sixteen when he joined the army.
他参军时刚刚十六岁。
■He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him.
他变得我几乎认不出来了。
■He was so frightened that he could scarcely speak.
他吓得几乎说不出话。
■In his sleepy state, the sound of a car driving up to the house scarcely impinged on his consciousness.
他困得那副样子,连汽车朝那房子开去时发出的声音都没能使他清醒。
■He scarcely knows a word of English.
他对英语一字不知。
■He is scarcely seventeen years old.
他将近十七岁。
■He could scarcely suppress a laugh.
他忍不住要笑出声来.
■He could scarcely keep in his indignation.
他愤怒得难以自持。
■He is scarcely old enough for the office.
他担任这个职务稍嫌年轻一点。
■He scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family.
他挣的钱难以维持全家人的生活。
■He is so uneducated that he can scarcely write his name .
他未受什么教育,甚至不大会写自己的名字。
■He is scarcely the right person for the job.
他根本不适合担任这工作。
■He is scarcely so tall as you.
他没有你这样高。
■Hisclassmates could scarcely have chosen a less apt moniker.
他的同学们很少会获得这种难得的昵称。
■His classmates could scarcely have chosen a less apt moniker.
他的同学当然不会随便给人取个不相称的绰号。
■His endowments are limited, and scarcely fit him for this post.
他的天资有限,不太适合担任这项职务。