scarcely

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɛəsli/    美 /ˈskɛɹsli/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Probably not. modal
    — One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
  2. Certainly not, hardly at all. modal
    — One could scarcely expect the man to know how to fly a helicopter.
  3. Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
    — Scarcely had she arrived when she was put to work.

词形变化

more scarcely comparative most scarcely superlative

词汇关系

近义词
hardly
相关词
rarely

词源

From Middle English scarcely, scarsly, scarsely, scarsliche, scarseliche, equivalent to scarce + -ly.
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