hardly

美 [ˈhɑrdli]
英 [ˈhɑː(r)dli]
  • adv.几乎没有;几乎不;尤用于 can 或 could 之后;刚刚
  • 网络简直不;才;仅仅
hardly
adv.
1.
几乎不;几乎没有almost no; almost not; almost none
There's hardly any tea left.
没有剩什么茶了。
Hardly anyone has bothered to reply.
几乎没人开口回答。
She hardly ever calls me(= almost never) .
她几乎从未给我来过电话。
We hardly know each other.
我们彼此还不大认识呢。
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。
2.
(尤用于 can 或 could 之后,主要动词之前,强调做某事很难)used especially after ‘can’ or ‘could’ and before the main verb, to emphasize that it is difficult to do sth
I can hardly keep my eyes open(= I'm almost falling asleep) .
我困得都快睁不开眼了。
I could hardly believe it when I read the letter.
读到那封信时,我简直不敢相信。
3.
刚刚;才used to say that sth has just begun, happened, etc.
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。
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang.
我们刚坐下用晚餐,电话就响了。
Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly.
话刚出口,她就后悔不迭。
4.
(表示不大可能、不合理或愚蠢)used to suggest that sth is unlikely or unreasonable or that sb is silly for saying or doing sth
He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong.
他不大可能承认自己错了。
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。
It's hardly the time to discuss it now.
现在并不是讨论的时候。
You can hardly expect her to do it for free.
你不可能指望她无偿地做这事。
‘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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