scarcely

柯林斯詞典

1. ADV You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case. 幾乎不; 簡(jiǎn)直不[強(qiáng)調(diào)]
He could scarcely breathe. 他幾乎喘不過(guò)氣來(lái)。
I scarcely knew him. 我?guī)缀醪徽J(rèn)識(shí)他。
2. ADV You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. 決不
It can scarcely be coincidence. 這決不可能是巧郃。
3. ADV If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 剛…就…[ADV before v]
Scarcely had the votes been counted, when the telephone rang. 選票剛一統(tǒng)計(jì)好，電話就響了。