scarcely
翻译
几乎不, 简直不, 勉强
例句
I could scarcely believe it.
我几乎无法相信。
Scarcely had I arrived when the trouble started.
我刚一到，麻烦就开始了。
语法模式
scarcely + verb 几乎不 I could scarcely believe it.
Scarcely had + 主语 + p.p. ... when ... 一…就… Scarcely had I arrived when the trouble started.
近义词
同义词: hardly, barely, almost not (几乎不)
词源
由形容词 'scarce'（稀缺的）加上构成副词的后缀 '-ly' 组成。
记忆技巧
某物太“稀缺(scarce)”了，以至于你“几乎(scarcely)”找不到它。注意当它位于句首时会引起倒装。