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词汇 hardly
释义 hardly
adverb
uk /ˈhɑːd.li/ us /ˈhɑːrd.li/

hardlyadverb (ONLY JUST)


B1
only just; almost not: 仅仅;几乎不
can hardlyI could hardly hear her at the back.我在后面几乎听不见她说什么。
The party had hardly started when she left.她离开的时候聚会才刚刚开始。
He hardly ate anything/He ate hardly anything.他几乎什么都没吃。
hardly everWe hardly ever (= almost never) go to concerts.我们几乎从不去听音乐会。
Hardly had a moment passed before the door creaked open.没过一会儿,门就吱扭一声打开了。
It's so airless in here - I can hardly breathe.这里太闷了——我几乎不能呼吸。
Hardly anyone turned up for the party.
The instructions are printed so small I can hardly read them.说明书的字印刷得很小,我几乎无法看清。
"Where's Mikey?" "How should I know? He's hardly ever in the office these days."“米基在哪儿?”“我怎么会知道?他这些日子几乎都不在办公室。”
I hardly watch any television, apart from news and current affairs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Merely and barely
all
all of somethingidiom
at a pinchidiom
barely
but
by a whiskeridiom
by inchesidiom
ill
inch
just
little
mere
merely
merest
narrowly
nothing more thanidiom
only
scarce
scarcely
whisker

hardlyadverb (CERTAINLY NOT)


B2
certainly not: 当然不!
can hardlyYou can hardly expect a pay rise when you've only been working for the company for two weeks!你刚为公司工作了两个星期,别指望能加薪。
Well don't be angry with me - it's hardly my fault that it's raining!好啦,别再生我的气了——下雨又不是我的错!
It's a policy that was hardly calculated to win votes.
Her worldly success can hardly be denied.她在物质方面的成功不可否认。
I had hoped for a little more from the world's greatest tenor, whose performance was workmanlike but hardly inspired.我对世界上最伟大的男高音的期望值更高一些,他的表演水平还行,却没什么激情。
He had a few tufts of hair on his chin, but you could hardly call it a beard.
It's hardly not surprising (that) you're putting on weight, considering how much you're eating.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Yes, no & not
a sure thingidiom
affirmation
affirmatively
ain't
betcha
bit
didn't
does a bear/do bears shit in the woods?idiom
far
nah
not thatidiom
opposed
self-negating
slight
sure
wasn't
weren't
wouldn't be seen deadidiom
yes
you betidiom

Grammar



Hardly
Hardly is an adverb. …

Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely, seldom
Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: …

hardly | American Dictionary


hardly
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈhɑrd·li/

hardlyadverb[not gradable] (ONLY JUST)


only just or almost not:
Hardly a day passes that I don’t think about it.
You’ve hardly eaten anything.
Something is wrong with the phone – I can hardly hear you.
I can hardly wait for your visit.
We hardly ever see them anymore.

hardlyadverb[not gradable] (CERTAINLY NOT)


certainly not:
It’s hardly surprising that he was angry.

Examples of hardly


hardly
Though that is hardly a brief for paternalism, it should make us-at least those of us with liberal sympathies-rather concerned.
Such struggles over the principle of succession were hardly unique in the contested politics of indirect rule.
Another observation is that target-deviant omissions hardly ever concern subjects in group 1 children.
In fact, it is hardly correct to speak about a strategy.
The conclusion of the paper is that it is hardly possible to explain the similarities in the contact patterns with the help of macro-sociolinguistic factors.
The type of onset had hardly any effect whereas the offset consonant had a marked influence.
Teachers' beliefs and motivation are also hardly ever researched.
Now the field is rapidly evolving, which means that this article can hardly be more than a snapshot of the knowledge as of 2001.
Their conclusion is, however, hardly general, as the authors themselves admit.
They are hardly quoted in the debate, possibly assuming that they are fixed.
Such was hardly the case in pre-war resumptions.
Furthermore, an immediate transplant for this patient would hardly be a good for her.
From a human rights point of view, the value of testimony can hardly be exaggerated.
In laterite outcrops, where the influence of the rains is hardly felt, large expanses of small bamboos of stunted appearance are met with.
Again, there was hardly any growth till week 30, and then a very rapid incline between weeks 30 and 40.
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