单词 | scarcely |
释义 | scarcely From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscarcelyscarce‧ly /ˈskeəsli $ ˈsker-/ ●●○ adverb1 JUST/ALMOST NOTalmost not or almost none at all SYN hardly The city had scarcely changed in 20 years.scarcely any industry. The country had scarcely ever left the region. He can/could scarcely do something It was getting dark and she could scarcely see in front of her.scarcely a day/year/moment etc Scarcely a day goes by when I don’t think of him. 2 JUST/A MOMENT AGOonly a moment ago SYN hardly, barelyhad scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door. He 3 CERTAINLY/DEFINITELY#definitely not or almost certainly not SYN hardly Early March is scarcely the time of year for sailing.GRAMMAR: Word order• Scarcely usually comes before a main verb: She scarcely said a word.• Scarcely comes after the first auxiliary verb: I can scarcely believe he said that. ✗Don’t say: I scarcely can believe he said that.• Scarcely usually comes after the verb ‘be’ when it is used in simple tenses such as ‘is’ or ‘was’: I was scarcely aware of the noise.• You can use scarcely at the beginning of a sentence before an auxiliary, to emphasize that one thing happens very soon after another thing: Scarcely had they left the station than the train stopped. Examples from the Corpusscarcely• We've seen scarcely a drop of rain for over six months.• There can scarcely be any doubt that Sullivan is guilty.• Mutual deference could scarcely be carried farther.• It can scarcely be imagined that he would have opposed the Philadelphia Museum's immensely well-conceived plan.• He awoke, and it seemed that he had scarcely closed his eyes.• It was like striking gold or falling rapturously in love: he possessed secret knowledge that his Germantown friends could scarcely imagine.• I scarcely notice that my feet are cold and wet.• They sat at one of the marble-topped tables and ordered coffee from a bored waitress who scarcely spared them a glance.• They were scarcely two hundred yards distant; yet such was the gloom that they could not be clearly distinguished.scarcely a day/year/moment etc• He was scarcely a year older than her, but proud like a fully grown man and immensely considerate.• Matthew had been at the Plaza for a week now, with scarcely a moment to call his own. |
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