单词 | hardly |
释义 | hardly/ˈhɑ:dli ||; ˈhɑrdlɪ/adv1. almost no; almost not; almost none 几乎不;几乎没有: ◇there's hardly any coffee left. 咖啡几乎没有剩了。◇we hardly ever go out nowadays. 我们如今很少出门。◇i hardly spoke any english when i first came here. 我初来这儿的时候几乎不会说英语。 ☞look at almost. 参看almost。 2. used especially after ‘can’ and ‘could’ and before the main verb to emphasize that sth is difficult to do (尤用于can及could之后、主要动词之前,强调难度): ◇speak up -- i can hardly hear you. 大声点─我听不见。 3. (used to say that sth has just begun, happened, etc) only just (表示刚刚开始、发生等)刚刚: ◇she'd hardly gone to sleep thanit was time to get up again. 她刚睡着又该起床了。 if ‘hardly’ is at the beginning of a sentence, the verb follows immediately. this use is found in formal writing. hardly had she gone to sleep than it was time to get up again. 在正式写作中,hardly如放在句首,后面就要紧接动词:hardly had she gone to sleep than it was time to get up again. 她刚睡着又该起床了。 4. (used to suggest that sth is unlikely or unreasonable) not really (用于表示某事不大可能或不合理)事实上不会或不是: ◇you can hardly expect me to believe that excuse! 你别指望我相信那种借口! ☞look at barely and scarcely. 参看barely及scarcely。hardlysee ⇨ not 2 • • •• ⇨ can hardly/barely• ⇨ can hardly/can barely/can't keep your eyes open• ⇨ had hardly/barely hard·ly /`hɑrdlɪ; ˈhɑːdli◄/adv 1. almost not 几乎不; 几乎没有; 难得,很少:◇i hardly know the people i'm working with. (=do not know them very well) 我对自己共事的人几乎不了解。◇can/could hardly do sth i could hardly wait to see him again. 我迫不及待地想再见到他。◇hardly any/anything/anyone (=almost nothing or no one) 几乎没有/没有东西/没有人: she'd eaten hardly anything all day. 她一整天几乎没吃什么东西。◇hardly ever we hardly ever go out in the evening. 我们晚上极少出去。 2. used to say that something is not at all true, possible, surprising etc 一点也不,绝不,根本不:◇this is hardly the ideal time to buy a house. 现在根本不是买房子的时候。→ compare 比较 barely ☞ hardly |
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