詞彙精選：hardly的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adv.

幾乎不，簡直不

例句：

He could hardly sit still and itch to have a go.

他再也坐不住了，心裏躍躍欲試。

例句：

The old man could hardly stand on his feet in the flaw.

老人在這陣狂風中幾乎站不住了。

剛剛

例句：

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

他剛收起桌上的文件，門就猛地開了。

例句：

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

他剛回到倫敦，就有一個不願透露姓名的好心人打來電話說，他即將面臨海關的突擊檢查。

二、詞義辨析：

hardly,scarcely,barely

這些副詞均含“幾乎不”之意。hardly指接近最低限度，差不多沒有多餘，強調困難和程度。scarcely指不太充分，不太夠，不足，不能令人滿意，強調數量。barely指僅僅夠，一點不多，強調沒有多餘。

三、參考例句：

She hardly eats anything.

她幾乎什麼都不吃。

He hardly ever drinks.

他很少喝酒。

You can hardly move.

太擠了，動都動不了。

She could hardly resist laughing.

她忍不住笑了起來。

He could hardly refrain himself.

他幾乎不能自制。

Gas has hardly any weight.

氣體幾乎沒有重量。

This wine is hardly drinkable.

這種葡萄酒幾乎不適合飲用。

Roman mathematics hardly warrants mentioning.

羅馬的數學不值一提。

Tony hardly cleans his room.

託尼幾乎不打掃他的房間。

This work will hardly stand close examination.

這種作品很難經得起認真的檢驗。