| 单词 | hardly |
| 释义 | hardlyhardlyhardly /ˈhɑːdli $ ˈhɑːrdli/ adverb1almost not or almost none ➔ barely: I hardly know the people I’m working with (=do not know them very well).work我几乎不认识和我一起干活的那些人。I can hardly believe it.这简直让我难以置信。We hardly ever (=almost never) go out in the evening.even我们晚上几乎不出去。hardly any/anything/anyone (=almost nothing or no one)She’d eaten hardly anything all day.eat她一整天几乎没吃什么东西。2used to say that something is not at all true: This is hardly the ideal time to buy a house.be现在根本不是时候买房子。3used to say that something has only just happened: The serious building work has hardly begun.buildhavebegin主要的施工刚刚开始。THESAURUS: hardlyrarely used when something happens on only a few occasions: The people rarely ate meat.eatThis method is rarely used now.beusenot (very) often another way of saying rarely that is very common in everyday English: We don’t get snow very often here.I’m not often at home during the daytime.seldom rarely. Seldom sounds rather formal, and is used especially in written English: Mr Brown seldom spoke about himself.speakKaren had seldom seen him so angry.haveseehardly ever/scarcely ever almost never: We hardly ever speak to each other.My grandmother scarcely ever goes out of the house.govery occasionally very rarely – used when emphasizing that something only happens a few times over a long period: Very occasionally the temperature drops to below 30.drop |
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