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scarce.ly[`skɛrslɪ; ˈskɛəsli]副词(无比较级、最高级)1 a. 几乎没有… (→ hardly【同义字】)I can ~ hear him.我几乎听不见他的话At first he was so astonished that he ~ knew what to say.起先他惊骇得几乎不知道要说什么才好There was ~ anything left to eat.几乎没有剩下什么可吃的东西b. 一定不…; 不可能…He is ~ the right person for the job.他根本不适合担任这工作He can ~ have said that.他不可能说那样的话2 勉强, 好不容易S~ twenty people were present.勉强有二十位出席■ scarcely ever很少…I ~ ever smoke.我很少抽烟■ scarcely﹍when[before]﹍一 … 就(cf. hardly﹍ when[before])He had ~ begun his speech when the audience began to heckle him.他一开始演讲, 听众就开始 (用难题) 诘问他 |