hardly

hardly

詞意辨析：

hardly, scarcely

這一對副詞都有“幾乎不”、“幾乎沒有”的否定意味，但涵義重心有細微的差異。
hardly: 強調“困難”，指程度而言，常用以修飾表示能力的詞，與can、ever、any等詞連用。

• He hardly knew what to say.
  他簡直不知道說什麼才好。
• I can hardly believe that some socialites and dignitaries are involved in syndicated crime.
  我簡直不能相信，一些社會名流，達官政要竟然涉及集團罪行。

scarcely: 強調“不足”，主要指數量而言，常與enough、sufficient、any或數詞連用。

• When he played the piano he was scarcely four years old.
  他懂得彈鋼琴還不滿四歲。
• The tram was so crowded that there was scarcely sufficient room for you.
  電車上十分擁擠，幾乎沒有你立足之地。
• At midnight，scarcely any taxi could be found in the streets.
  午夜時分，街上幾乎看不到一輛的士。

英文解釋：

副詞 hardly:

1. by a small margin- W.B.Yeats
   同義詞：barely, just, scarcely, scarce
2. almost not
   同義詞：scarcely

英文造句：

1. Hardly anybody came.
   幾乎沒有人來。
2. Hardly had the game begun when it started raining.
   比賽剛剛開始就下起雨來。
3. You can hardly blame me if you don't like the place, as you were the one who begged me to take you there.
   如果你不喜歡那地方，你絕不該怪我，因為是你求我把你帶到那去的。
4. I can hardly wait to hear the news.
   我迫不及待地想聽到這個訊息。