scarcely
翻譯
幾乎不, 簡直不, 勉強
例句
I could scarcely hear him.
我幾乎聽不見他說話。
Scarcely had I arrived when the phone rang.
我剛一到，電話就響了。
文法模式
((verb)) 幾乎不 I could scarcely hear him.
Scarcely had ((sb.)) ((past participle)) when... 剛一...就... Scarcely had I arrived when the phone rang.
近義詞
同義詞: hardly, barely, just; 反義詞: often, frequently
詞源
來自形容詞「scarce」（稀少的）加上構成副詞的後綴「-ly」。「Scarce」源自古諾曼法語「scars」，意為「不足的」。
記憶技巧
想一下「scarce」（稀有的），所以某事「scarcely」發生，意思就是它很少發生。