hardly,scarcely和barely这三个词在意义上都接近于否定。
8 [' l. A4 y1 C" _4 j% J hardly 主要与any,ever,at all或动词can连用:, }5 K% I+ Y- k. d
He has hadly any money.
; x5 W" Y) G8 K) w" B 他几乎没有钱。(非常少)
; l% G5 G; E! w: d; ` I hardly ever go out.- h8 F$ r1 |! b3 z
我很少外出。(我极少外出。)9 H* Y/ R& e/ U4 R$ p
It hadly rained at all last summer.
# K+ A" Z% ?! O, x# @" P% n 去年夏天没怎么下雨。
2 \& [" `& U% f6 D Her case is so heavy that she can hadly lift it.
|+ E* L1 r0 v" d- e 她的箱子太重了,她简直提不起来。, g$ ?* ^; U3 K j p
也可以和其他动词连用:
: O1 n1 {, l% H( \% C3 X& q I hardly know him.
0 S8 j! j, y# X, c8 D: A* a' m# w 我不太认识他。(我只是与他认识而已。)
- F, J ]. @. t7 S) t 注意不要把副词hard与hardly搞混:
# P m4 ^5 Z6 U He looked hard at it.8 l: b7 R& G1 c$ [
他使劲地盯着它看。(他在盯着它。)
4 _& Z1 X1 C1 Q# b! E8 x" b3 P5 r( Y He hardly looked at it.* H; A2 F( N6 ] z2 X- a2 d6 y- C
他几乎没看它。(他瞄了它一眼。); b2 W, g+ t2 q" G, ~
scarcely意为“几乎不”,它可以代替hardly。上述例句中也可用scarcely any/scarcely ever等。3 n9 o/ D; L. z
但scarcely主要意为“不到”、“不足”:
; K( t) N( g% D$ d6 L There were scarcely twenty people there.
) b, C X( b1 X) @; p6 ?- f 那儿连20个人都没有。2 {0 R7 f% A0 K+ {7 [
(关于hardly/scarcely之后的倒装语序,见第45节与第342节E。)
( Q' E* y" W. y, V3 U* v# P' ] barely意为“不超过”、“仅仅”:
% G, U& c. i2 m$ v2 h$ X* [5 k* F There were barely twenty people there.
) g- M; s. D. M {0 W 那儿不超过20个人。(刚刚20个)
" s6 l* A( r% U c6 q- h I can barely see it.1 c e4 H2 ?8 p2 n" j- `
我勉强看得见它。(我只能看见而已。) |