scarcely

美音：['skersli] 英音：['skeə(r)sli]

简单释义：

adv.刚；几乎不；勉强；简直不

网络仅仅；几乎没有；刚刚

完整释义：

adv.

1.简直不[没有],几乎不[没有]
2.简直不,几乎不;还不到
3.不…的几乎没有
4.仅仅;刚刚
5.将近,刚刚,才
6.(刚)一…就
7.很难,勉勉强强;恋恋不舍地
8.的确没有,不至于;一定不,决不
9.好容易;勉强

例句：

He thought himself in a sepulchre , into which a ray of sunlight in pity scarcely penetrated.
他以为自己是躺在一个坟墓里，一缕阳光象一道怜悯的眼光似的从外面透进来。
Man was not sufficiently ready to receive this truth then and is scarcely ready to receive it now.
当时人类尚未充分准备好接受这个真理，并且现在也几乎没有准备去接受它。
By the time she graduated from high school, at the age of twenty, she had scarcely ever heard anyone speak ill of Scientology.
她20岁从高中毕业之时，她还几乎从来没有听过任何人说山达基有什么不好。
She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house.
她病倒了，躺在床上几乎一动不动，只能隔着小窗望着隔壁砖房那单调沉闷的侧墙。
He had scarcely sat down inside, when the trembling grew stronger, and he had a severe nervous seizure.
他刚在车子里坐下，便抽搐得更厉害了，这是一次真正的全身痉挛。
He feared that even yet he might be seized and taken back, so he tried to conceal his movements, but it was scarcely possible.
他害怕即使在这个时候，他还可能被抓住，被押送回去，所以他试图隐蔽自己的行动，但这几乎不可能做到。
The huge bird seemed to hang in the air, borne by the wind currents, soaring with scarcely a beat of its huge, powerful wings.
那只大鸟好像被气流托浮着停在空中，几乎不用拍动它那对巨大而有力的翅膀就能翱翔。
The rapid growth and development in science has scarcely slowed at any time since the beginning of this period.
自从这一时期开始以来，科学的迅速成长与发展就几乎没有再减缓过。

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