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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 not
adverb (ONLY JUST)
1
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 , ↑Almost
2
F0 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
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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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