hardly,scarcely和barely这三个词在意义上都接近于否定。 hardly 主要与any,ever,at all或动词can连用:; d# L7 O" j$ b$ T5 A! W* Y! u% C
He has hadly any money.* t+ G1 A- i$ z, x7 }, t, X
他几乎没有钱。(非常少)' w2 W5 q. l7 p M9 a
I hardly ever go out.
6 L4 {; E$ X$ W5 ^8 C 我很少外出。(我极少外出。)5 W: H; V3 e1 s( k- ^4 K
It hadly rained at all last summer.
, K1 L- A2 W/ Z8 N- { 去年夏天没怎么下雨。3 H K8 ^5 E# F' ?8 P% ^ X
Her case is so heavy that she can hadly lift it.
& N S" |1 P! F6 R# L/ r 她的箱子太重了,她简直提不起来。 \, ?4 [3 N/ A: _8 o
也可以和其他动词连用:3 W" D* W% ]2 t% K; r
I hardly know him.8 U, n6 t& J3 g# Y0 u6 S! w
我不太认识他。(我只是与他认识而已。)
* a+ J; X9 w0 b; H 注意不要把副词hard与hardly搞混:
% n" ]! \2 B6 t He looked hard at it.) T# I. M4 j* o' n% Z' F
他使劲地盯着它看。(他在盯着它。)( h+ u. o+ b2 y7 L" T
He hardly looked at it. F6 d' H' A) F$ z/ _' e7 h( a0 _
他几乎没看它。(他瞄了它一眼。)3 a* p5 X! d( u7 j b
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。0 H) Q g9 w: S. C3 l9 q' ]
但scarcely主要意为“不到”、“不足”:# h S1 Z8 X! a9 [2 r4 g' ~
There were scarcely twenty people there.
4 \% q) }* w6 N, n 那儿连20个人都没有。考试用书
- V8 A& `# n6 J9 z& r (关于hardly/scarcely之后的倒装语序,见第45节与第342节E。)' Z% c6 f8 Z7 D' U& i4 _. S3 m7 i
barely意为“不超过”、“仅仅”: w7 j0 r/ E D3 L& J( }5 P
There were barely twenty people there.. o" ^1 r1 |" b- T' B1 _7 }
那儿不超过20个人。(刚刚20个)2 C7 ~2 K6 j* E
I can barely see it.; q- g, R$ C* S1 |) _; r2 _
我勉强看得见它。(我只能看见而已。) |