scarcely
翻译
几乎不, 简直不, 勉强
例句
I could scarcely hear him.
我几乎听不见他说话。
Scarcely had I arrived when the phone rang.
我刚一到，电话就响了。
语法模式
((verb)) 几乎不 I could scarcely hear him.
Scarcely had ((sb.)) ((past participle)) when... 刚一...就... Scarcely had I arrived when the phone rang.
近义词
同义词: hardly, barely, just; 反义词: often, frequently
词源
来自形容词“scarce”（稀少的）加上构成副词的后缀“-ly”。“Scarce”源自古诺曼法语“scars”，意为“不足的”。
记忆技巧
想一下“scarce”（稀有的），所以某事“scarcely”发生，意思就是它很少发生。