scarcely

例句：

1. They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.
   他們靠他微薄的薪金勉強　口。
2. The speaker said almost nothing (ie scarcely anything) worth listening to.
   那個發言人說的話簡直沒有一句值得聽。
3. He spoke scarcely a word of English.
   他幾乎連一個英文單詞都不會說。
4. Scarcely had he arrived when he had to leave again.
   他剛剛到達就不得不又離開。

scarcely

英文解釋：

副詞 scarcely:

1. by a small margin- W.B.Yeats
   同義詞：barely, hardly, just, scarce
2. almost not
   同義詞：hardly

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詞意辨析：

hardly, scarcely

這一對副詞都有“幾乎不”、“幾乎沒有”的否定意味，但涵義重心有細微的差異。
hardly: 強調“困難”，指程度而言，常用以修飾表示能力的詞，與can、ever、any等詞連用。

• He hardly knew what to say.
  他簡直不知道說什麼才好。
• I can hardly believe that some socialites and dignitaries are involved in syndicated crime.
  我簡直不能相信，一些社會名流，達官政要竟然涉及集團罪行。

scarcely: 強調“不足”，主要指數量而言，常與enough、sufficient、any或數詞連用。

• When he played the piano he was scarcely four years old.
  他懂得彈鋼琴還不滿四歲。
• The tram was so crowded that there was scarcely sufficient room for you.
  電車上十分擁擠，幾乎沒有你立足之地。
• At midnight，scarcely any taxi could be found in the streets.
  午夜時分，街上幾乎看不到一輛的士。