scarcely

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四级六级考研托福雅思 Collins 2

r only a very short time before
r almost not

adv. 简直不, 一定不, 仅仅

Collins 星级

4,028

BNC 频率

6,981

使用频率

“scarcely”由词根“scarce”和后缀“-ly”组成。“scarce”意为“稀少的”，加上“-ly”后表示“几乎不”的状态。

例句

1. She could scarcely believe her eyes when she saw the surprise party.

当她看到惊喜派对时，几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。

2. He has scarcely enough money to buy a ticket.

他几乎没有足够的钱来买票。

3. The movie was so boring that we scarcely paid attention to it.

这部电影太无聊了，以至于我们几乎没有注意它。