| 单词 | scarcely |
| 释义 | scarce·ly 1. obsolete 2. < had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open — Agnes S. Turnbull > also < seemed scarcely to notice what passed … as if he were in some partial coma — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < scarcely more than a stone's throw from the square are the great flour mills — American Guide Series: Minnesota > : almost not < scarcely ever wore this mantle — Arnold Bennett > < scarcely anything left to sell > < it seemed to the child that it was after midnight … but it was scarcely eleven o'clock — Margaret Deland > < a guide who knew scarcely a word of English > — sometimes used in nonstandard construction with a superfluous negative < wasn't scarcely eleven o'clock yet > < ain't scarcely 15 year old > 3. archaic < if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the … sinner appear — 1 Pet 4:18 (Authorized Version) > 4. a. < could scarcely interfere between another man and his own beast — Owen Wister > b. < there could scarcely have been found a leader better equipped for the work — V.L.Parrington > |
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