英汉词典

hardly 基本解释

• adv. 几乎不，简直不；刚刚

hardly 中文词源

hard,艰难的，-ly,副词后缀。

hardly 英文词源

hardly (adv.)

c. 1200, "in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort," from Old English heardlice "sternly, severely, harshly; bravely; excessively" (see hard (adj.) + -ly (2)). Hence "assuredly, certainly" (early 14c.). Main modern sense of "barely, just" (1540s) reverses this, via the intermediate meaning "not easily, with trouble" (early 15c.). Formerly with superficial negative (not hardly). Similar formation in Old Saxon hardliko, German härtlich, Old Danish haardelig.

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hardly 英文释义

1. by a small margin;

"they could barely hear the speaker"

"we hardly knew them"

"just missed being hit"

"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"

"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

2. almost not;

"he hardly ever goes fishing"

"he was hardly more than sixteen years old"

"they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

hardly 同义词解析

hardly, scarcely, barely

这些副词均含"几乎不"之意。

hardly： 指接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，强调困难和程度。

scarcely： 指不太充分，不太够，不足，不能令人满意，强调数量。

barely： 指仅仅够，一点不多，强调没有多余。

hardly 双语例句

1. The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.

病房里非常忙碌，埃米几乎没有时间说话。

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2. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.

我的眼睛肿得很厉害，几乎看不到东西。

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3. Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.

他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。

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4. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.

这里大半遭毁，几乎没有一栋建筑完好无损，变成了一块荒废之地。

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5. He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.

他好像连话都说不清楚。

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hardly 实用场景例句

‘Couldn't you have just said no? ’ ‘Well, hardly, (= of course not) she's my wife's sister. ’

“你不能就说声不吗？”“喔，不可能，她是我小姨子。”

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You can hardly expect her to do it for free.

你不可能指望她无偿地做这事。

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It's hardly the time to discuss it now.

现在还不是讨论的时候。

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It's hardly surprising she was fired; she never did any work.

她被解雇了不足为怪，她从来没干过任何工作。

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He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong.

他不大可能承认自己错了。

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There's hardly any tea left.

没有剩什么茶了。

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Hardly anyone has bothered to reply.

几乎没人动嘴回答。

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She hardly ever calls me (= almost never) .

她几乎从未给我来过电话。

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We hardly know each other.

我们彼此还不大认识呢。

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Hardly a day goes by without my thinking of her (= I think of her almost every day) .

我几乎天天想着她。

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I can hardly keep my eyes open (= I'm almost falling asleep) .

我困得都快睁不开眼了。

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I could hardly believe it when I read the letter.

读到那封信时，我简直不敢相信。

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We can't stop for coffee now, we've hardly started.

现在不能停下来喝咖啡，我们刚刚才开始工作呢。

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We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang.

我们刚坐下用晚餐，电话就响了。

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(formal)Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly.

话刚出口，她就后悔不迭。

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I hardly know you...

我不太认识你。

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Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept...

尼克在沙发上几乎没睡。

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We ate chips every night, but hardly ever had fish...

我们每晚吃炸薯条，但几乎从不吃鱼。

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Most of the others were so young they had hardly any experience...

其他人大多都很年轻，几乎没什么经验。

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Hardly a day goes by without a visit from someone.

几乎每天都有人来。

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I can hardly believe it's been over eight years since you used to go camping at Cedar Creek...

我几乎无法相信现在距离你过去常常去松溪露营的日子已经有8年多了。

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My garden was covered with so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers.

我的花园里飞舞着很多蝴蝶，我几乎看不见花了。

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He had hardly collected the papers on his desk when the door burst open...

他刚收起桌上的文件，门就猛地开了。

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Hardly had he returned to London when an anonymous well-wisher called to say he was about to be raided by Customs & Excise.

他刚回到伦敦，就有一个不愿透露姓名的好心人打来电话说，他即将面临海关的突击检查。

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We have not seen the letter, so we can hardly comment on it...

我们还没有看到这封信，所以无从发表意见。

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It's hardly surprising his ideas didn't catch on...

他的想法没有被广泛接受，这并不足为奇。

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'They all thought you were marvellous!' —'Well, hardly.'...

“他们都认为你很棒！”“哦，不可能吧！”

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'We could almost have seen it,' — 'Hardly, darling — in the dark and from a distance of a good hundred feet?'

“我们几乎都看到它了。”“不会吧，亲爱的——天那么黑，离得又至少有100英尺呢！”

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