单词 | scarcely |
释义 | scarcely —scarcely /ˈskeəs.li/ aep /ˈskers-/ adverb (NOT) ► F0 certainly not: » I'd scarcely have done it if I didn't think it was absolutely necessary!» He's only two - you can scarcely blame him for behaving badly.Thesaurus+: ↑Yes, no and notadverb (ONLY JUST) C2 (LITERARY scarce) only just or almost not: » I was scarcely able to move my arm after the accident.» I could scarcely believe it when she said she wanted to marry me.Thesaurus+: ↑Merely and barely , ↑AlmostF0 used to say that something happened immediately after something else happened: » I had scarcely sat down/Scarcely had I sat down to eat when the phone rang.Thesaurus+: ↑Before, after and already , ↑After and behindThesaurus+: ↑Closeness in distance and time , ↑About to happen• • • Extra Examples:» I scarcely registered the fact that he was there.» I scarcely heard him laugh all night.» The city centre has scarcely changed in over a century.» She spoke so quietly that I could scarcely hear her.» By this time he was so drunk he could scarcely stand up. |
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