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:
4 e; n4 M3 l- j6 R He has hadly any money.
+ i/ ~8 Z4 y" K6 `, t* q+ R 他几乎没有钱。(非常少)2 @4 X0 N. Y- i8 h
I hardly ever go out.
. L& p5 g& q) V& n, r4 H5 {' O1 c 我很少外出。(我极少外出。)
* F+ U1 c/ l/ U) B& \ It hadly rained at all last summer.7 i4 u3 I. p5 P1 p! q% v
去年夏天没怎么下雨。: v6 W) v# k) w4 w$ R! p. z7 a
Her case is so heavy that she can hadly lift it.
" J+ D/ c" q& X2 G4 K4 `2 {+ N 她的箱子太重了,她简直提不起来。
/ A+ M. c. S1 v# {, Q 也可以和其他动词连用:
" ^% A5 C; X9 C1 v. n0 ~* x+ }7 n L I hardly know him.
Z: {% x" g* u( ^* D 我不太认识他。(我只是与他认识而已。)
( f3 }( w2 |/ f' ^. M' V& ] 注意不要把副词hard与hardly搞混:& d9 x0 Q) c3 x% j
He looked hard at it., r9 ^; ~- M# w
他使劲地盯着它看。(他在盯着它。)* u# k% h8 k. x5 t5 g% {7 R
He hardly looked at it." @: b, O5 B/ m9 @/ p, O6 H
他几乎没看它。(他瞄了它一眼。)' S! c6 W$ p4 ?3 ]3 k1 N
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。
* F" P. {( {7 z2 `5 ` 但scarcely主要意为“不到”、“不足”:
7 }3 B5 u$ \. f |. ~& R2 ?& F There were scarcely twenty people there./ `/ K g; G( l3 k! m6 E
那儿连20个人都没有。考试用书9 y$ E. P. I r u2 i' c; c
(关于hardly/scarcely之后的倒装语序,见第45节与第342节E。)
" b- C% O9 s1 q4 Y( j! | barely意为“不超过”、“仅仅”:
& }4 m$ V: c* `1 j: J There were barely twenty people there.& y. e F5 W+ C/ z5 A5 v
那儿不超过20个人。(刚刚20个)
3 l) B& t2 l' G I can barely see it.% {. F8 ~) Q* s
我勉强看得见它。(我只能看见而已。) |