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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英汉双解
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? |
英汉解释
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例句
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
I scarcely need say how much I enjoyed the holiday.
我简直不用说我假期过得多愉快。
At times this deep strain of pathos was all that could be heard, and scarcely heard, sighing amid a desolate silence.
那低沉而悲怆的旋律时时成为你所能听到的全部声音,隐约地在凄凉的沉默之中哀叹。
The image of the United States could scarcely be at a lower ebb. But in Asia, at least, anger at the U. S. may be turning to sorrow.
但至少在亚洲,对美国的愤怒可能变成悲痛。
On the face of it, the trip could scarcely have been a more welcome respite for Mr Aso.
从表面来看,这次出访对麻生来说是再好不过的喘息。
Anyway, I could see that he was in a state of great terror, for his tottering legs would scarcely support his stout, bulky form.
总之,我看出他是吓得要命,他那哆哆嗦嗦的双腿好像支撑不住他那高大魁梧的身躯。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He probably even chuckles to himself inwardly at the desperation of my plea, a desperation that I could scarcely keep out of my voice.
也许他还会在心里窃笑我这诉求的绝望,那种我几乎无法从声音中驱除的绝望。
It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.
这对我来说是个生与死的问题。我随身带的水只够饮用一星期。
He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation; his brow contracted, his air gloomy.
他好象完全没有听到她的话,只是在房间里踱来踱去,煞费苦心地在深思默想。他双眉紧蹙,满脸忧愁。
She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house.
她病倒了,躺在床上几乎一动不动,只能隔着小窗望着隔壁砖房那单调沉闷的侧墙。
But I shall not return till this time next week; and I think your master himself would scarcely object to her visiting her cousin!
而我要到下个礼拜这个时候才回来;我想你主人他自己也不见得会反对林惇小姐去看她的表弟吧。
She did not bother to point out that "wife" was scarcely the operative label with the decree absolutely due in a fortnight.
她毫不厌烦的指出,“妻子”已经是个两周来很少使用过的带有绝对命令性质的称呼了。
Actually the two things are so closely related that we can scarcely keep them apart.
实际上两者的关系非常密切,很难把它们截然分开。
Still the world into which she was inducted here was scarcely any more liberal or diversified than that from which she sprang.
虽然如此,她刚闯进来的这个天地,根本并不比她出生的地方开明多少,或者有什么不一样。
My love, it will be scarcely a separation.
我亲爱的,这简直说不上是别离。
I can scarcely hear.
我几乎什么也听不见。
He can scarcely have said so.
他不至于这样说。
A chit like that would scarcely presume to give herself airs with the Rector of her parish, however rich she might be.
那样一个黄毛丫头不管多么富有是不大敢对其教区教区长摆什么架子的。
Tom almost stammered, scarcely able to conceal his amazement and trying to act casual.
汤姆几乎话都说不清了,他难以掩饰自己的惊讶,竭力装得满不在乎。
It all came so swiftly, so terribly, she scarcely realized what was happening before the storm was upon her.
这一切来的那么快,那么可怕,在这场大祸降临之前,她简直不明白发生了什么事情。
During the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarcely uttered the quantity of a hundred words.
八年之中,除了学院里的公开答辩,我说的话满打满算不到一百个字。
The sun had scarcely risen before the fog began to disappear.
太阳刚一升起,雾气就开始消散。
Steady to his purpose, he scarcely spoke ten words to her through the whole of Saturday.
他这样拿定了主意,于是星期六一整天简直没有跟他说上十句话。
After scarcely ten minutes the grey curtains in the sky closed as suddenly as they had parted.
然而还不到10分钟工夫,天上的灰色云幕又突然关闭,正象方才突然张开一样。
After many weeks of work, he had scarcely made a dent in the number of combinations that must be tested.
经过几个星期的工作后,对需要检试的组合数目他几乎还尚未开始进行。
I could scarcely edge in a word (of my own).
我几乎连一句话也插不进去。
This was a great relief, for they were very much fatigued and could scarcely crawl along.
这是一个很大的解脱,因为他们已经疲惫不堪,几乎再也爬不动了。
When she had gotten safely into the street, she could scarcely restrain the tears.
当她安然地走到街上的时候,忍不住流下泪来。
On this scale the moon would be scarcely more than a dust speck about 1cm from the sand grain.
照这样的比例尺度,月球将是仅离小沙粒一厘米远的一颗尘埃微粒。
I ought to, and probably shall, remain above ground till there is scarcely a black hair on my head.
我应该可以留在世界上直到我的头上几乎没有一根黑发。
It is scarcely practical to consider deep burial of the detectors on land.
几乎不能考虑在陆地上深埋检波器。
He is scarcely old enough for the office.
他担任这个职务稍嫌年轻一点。
He had developed a kind of self-reliance and smoothness of address such as one would scarcely have credited him with three years before.
他就养成了一切凭自己,不依靠别人的品质和说话的才干,3年前,人家才不会说他具备了这些东西呢。
Scarcely five minutes later the Canty household were in the street and flying for their lives.
还不到五分钟之后,康第这一家人就到了街上,慌忙逃命。
I scarcely understand myself at times.
我有时简直就不了解我自己。
The young fellow was so agitated he could scarcely speak.
小伙子气得几乎说不出话。
In any case, we've scarcely time for sentimentality.
不管怎样,我们可没有时间来搞柔情那一套。
He feared that even yet he might be seized and taken back, so he tried to conceal his movements, but it was scarcely possible.
他害怕即使在这个时候,他还可能被抓住,被押送回去,所以他试图隐蔽自己的行动,但这几乎不可能做到。
He looked, but there was no keyhole. Finally he found one, but so small that it could scarcely be seen.
他看着,但是那里没有钥匙孔。最后他发现了一个钥匙孔,因为它太小了所以没被看到。
So strange were the circumstances of my story that I can scarcely believe myself to have been a party to them.
我故事的发生状况是如此奇怪以至于我几乎不能相信我自己已经成为他们中的一份子。
English was scarcely written down in this time - writing acts as a brake, and a language that isn't written down changes much faster.
当时英语是很少被人写下来的。书面文字就象一个刹车,没有文字记录下来的语言变化最快。
The rapid growth and development in science has scarcely slowed at any time since the beginning of this period.
自从这一时期开始以来,科学的迅速成长与发展就几乎没有再减缓过。
I can scarcely think of buying a pint of milk without thinking it would be so much better if he were dead first.
如果不想到他若死了一切就好,怕一瓶牛奶我也不会去买的。
He looked upon me with so much humour and benignity that I could scarcely contain my satisfaction.
他是多么幽默地仁慈地瞧着我,我简直没办法抑制心头的满足。
Elizabeth could not oppose such a wish; and from this time Mr. Bingley's name was scarcely ever mentioned between them.
伊丽莎白无法反对她这种愿望,从此以后,她们就不大提起彬格莱先生的名字。
Generations to come, it may be, will scarcely believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.
在未来的时代,可能极少有人相信,这样一个血肉之躯曾经在地球上匆匆走过。
The deep-sea diver had scarcely reached the bottom when a message came from the surface which left him in a dilemma.
深海潜水员刚小心翼翼地到达海底,水面上传来的一条消息让他进退两难。
He had scarcely sat down inside, when the trembling grew stronger, and he had a severe nervous seizure.
他刚在车子里坐下,便抽搐得更厉害了,这是一次真正的全身痉挛。
A few seconds delay to everyone on the train is an appreciable social loss, but scarcely matters to the selfish individual in question.
地铁上每个人都被耽误几秒钟,是一种不小的社会损失,但对于我们讨论的那些自私的人而言,却无关紧要。
But I had scarcely shut my eyes when something that fell by me with a great noise awaked me.
但是我几乎没有闭上过我的眼睛,当时我感觉到些什么带着巨大的响声吵醒了我。
A chit like that would scarcely presume to give herself airs with the Rector of her parish, however rich she might be.
那样一个黄毛丫头不管多么富有是不大敢对其教区教区长摆什么架子的。
Their retreats have come in a changing landscape for hedge funds, pools of money that were once scarcely regulated at all.
他们的退出对昔日乏于管制的冲基金带来了巨大的改变。
He thought himself in a sepulchre , into which a ray of sunlight in pity scarcely penetrated.
他以为自己是躺在一个坟墓里,一缕阳光象一道怜悯的眼光似的从外面透进来。
Its syntax appears to be that of a succession of three imperative clauses: one pointless, one mysterious, and one scarcely even coherent.
我看到的是三个连续的祈使动词:其一毫无意义,其二神秘莫测,还有一个简直不知所云。
She had raised herself from the ground, but her foot had been twisted in her fall, and she was scarcely able to stand.
玛丽安从地上爬起来,不料脚给摔扭了,根本站不起来。
By the time she graduated from high school, at the age of twenty, she had scarcely ever heard anyone speak ill of Scientology.
她20岁从高中毕业之时,她还几乎从来没有听过任何人说山达基有什么不好。
But I thought I would have done much better than this, yet, here I AM and I have scarcely lived up to Your example.
但是我认为我应该做的更好些,然而,我在这儿,跟你的榜样比起来,我简直像没活过。