scarcely

美 [ˈskersli]
英 [ˈskeə(r)sli]
  • adv.刚；几乎不；勉强；简直不
  • 网络仅仅；几乎没有；刚刚

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scarcely
adv.
1.
勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不only just; almost not
I can scarcely believe it.
我几乎不敢相信。
We scarcely ever meet.
我们难得见一面。
Scarcely a week goes by without some new scandal in the papers.
报上几乎周周都会登出新的丑闻。
2.
（表示接连发生）刚一…就used to say that sth happens immediately after sth else happens
He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.
他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。
Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.
比赛才开始就下起雨来了。
3.
实在不应该；根本不可能used to suggest that sth is not at all reasonable or likely
It was scarcely an occasion for laughter.
笑得实在不是时候。
She could scarcely complain, could she?
她压根儿没什么好抱怨的，是不是？

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全部全部,刚刚,几乎不几乎不,勉强勉强,简直不简直不,仅仅仅仅,几乎没有几乎没有,刚刚刚刚
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1.
The end of Earnshaw was what might have been expected; it followed fast on his sister's: there was scarcely six months between them.
恩萧的死是在预料之中的，这是紧跟在他妹妹的逝世后，这中间还不到六个月。
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2.
Here was the long, listless penis, there the curt, athletic knob or innocent rosebud of someone scarcely out of school.
这个长而倦怠，那个粗短而健壮，还有的像纯洁的玫瑰花蕾一样，是属于刚出校门的年轻人的。
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3.
It scarcely seems to matter that most of these schools are ersatz affairs with few conventional qualifications.
这里绝大多数的学校几乎没有传统的痕迹，因为没有人在意这些。
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4.
My heart was beating so fast, and there was such a singing in my ears, that I could scarcely stammer I had no objection .
我的心跳得很急，耳朵里嗡嗡直响，好不容易才期期艾艾回了一声不反对。
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5.
Scarcely a year previously, his father, Percival, had been convicted of a savage and well-publicized attack upon three young Muggles.
近一年前，他的父亲，珀西瓦尔，因为公然使用暴力攻击三个年轻麻瓜而被定罪。
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6.
I scarcely need say how much I enjoyed the holiday.
我简直不用说我假期过得多愉快。
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7.
Hate him she did not quite; but he was dust and ashes to her, and even for her name's sake she scarcely wished to marry him.
她也并不十分恨他；不过在她看来，他不过是一撮尘土，即使为了自己的名声打算，她也几乎没有想过要嫁给他。
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8.
To say that Jon Forsyte accompanied his mother to Spain unwillingly would scarcely have been adequate.
要说乔恩·福尔赛不愿意随母亲上西班牙去，那是一点不正确的。
9.
He bounded off as she spoke, scarcely stopping to listen, for it was so delightful for him to breathe the fresh air and be free again.
他随着她说话就跳开了，几乎都没有听她说，因为对于他来说呼吸新鲜的空气和重获自由是如此的令人开心。
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10.
It was scarcely noon, and I conceived that I might as well pass the night under my own roof as in an inn.
那时还不到中午，我想我不妨在自己的屋子里过夜，反正和在旅店里过是一样的。
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