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scarce·ly AHD[skârsʹlē] D.J.[ˈskeəsliː]K.K.[ˈskɛrsli]adv.（副词）- By a small margin; barely:刚刚；才：We scarely made it in time.我们刚刚赶到
- Almost not; hardly:几乎不；简直不：We scarcely ever used the reserve generator.我们几乎从未用过这台备用发动机
- Certainly not:决不：They could scarcely complain after such good treatment.在受到如此好的待遇后他们决不会抱怨
- Scarcely has the force of a negative and is therefore regarded as incorrectly used with another negative, as inI couldn't scarcely believe it. · A clause followingscarcely is correctly introduced by when or before; the use ofthan, though common, is still unacceptable to some grammarians: The meeting had scarcely begun when (or before but not than ) it was interrupted. See Usage Note at double negative ,hardly Scarcely 有否定的意味，因此当它与另一否定形式一起用时被认为是不正确的， 就如在I couldn't scarcely believe it 中。 在scarely 之后用 when 或 before 引导从句是正确的； than 的用法虽然常见，但对于一些语法家来说仍然不能接受： 会议刚开始当 （或者 before 但非 than ) 就被打断了 参见 double negative,hardly
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