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Hard Early 1751.Hardly 英 Hɑːdlɪ]美 Hɑrdli 释义 Adv

正面 1751.hardly
英 ['hɑːdlɪ]美 ['hɑrdli]

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释义:
adv. 几乎不,简直不;刚刚
例句:
1. The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.病房里非常忙碌,埃米几乎没有时间说话。

1. precious <===> appreciate.2. price => precious, appreciate.
hardly 几乎不,几乎没有hard,艰难的,-ly,副词后缀。
hardly (adv.)c. 1200, "in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort," from Old English heardlice "sternly, severely, harshly; bravely; excessively" (see hard (adj.) + -ly (2)). Hence "assuredly, certainly" (early 14c.). Main modern sense of "barely, just" (1540s) reverses this, via the intermediate meaning "not easily, with trouble" (early 15c.). Formerly with superficial negative (not hardly). Similar formation in Old Saxon hardliko, German härtlich, Old Danish haardelig."

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