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hardly adv.几乎不；简直不；刚刚 (1) 几乎没有人来。(2) 他几乎不能自制。(3) 沙漠的空气几乎不含一点湿气。(4) 他如此兴奋，几乎不能入睡。(5) 她简直不能相信自己的耳朵。(6) 我的腿软得简直不能站立。(7) 比赛刚刚开始就下起雨来。 If you hardly know your neighbor, you only know him a little bit, and if you hardly understand what your French teacher says, you're only catching every few words she speaks. Hardly can also be used to talk about time: "We can't leave yet — the party's hardly started!" Hardly originally had nearly the opposite meaning: "with great exertion or effort." The phrase "not hardly," or "a little," eventually lost the "not" and became the hardly we know today.

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英 ['hɑːdli] 美 ['hɑːrdli] (1) Hardly anybody came.(2) He could hardly refrain himself.(3) The desert air contains hardly any moisture.(4) He is so excited that he can hardly sleep.(5) She could hardly believe her ears.(6) My legs were so weak I could hardly stand.(7) Hardly had the game begun when it started raining. The adverb hardly means barely or scarcely at all. If you hardly ever visit your cousins in California, it means you almost never travel to see them. 1[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（用于修正作出的陈述，表示不大可能）几乎不，几乎没有 You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true.   [ADV before v]  [emphasis]I hardly know you...我不太认识你。Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept...尼克在沙发上几乎没睡。He was given hardly 24 hours to pack his bags...只给了他不到24小时的时间来打点行装。Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。2[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]几乎不；几乎没有 You use hardly in expressions such as hardly ever ,hardly any, and hardly anyone to mean almost never, almost none, or almost no-one.   [ADV ever/any]We ate chips every night, but hardly ever had fish...我们每晚吃炸薯条，但几乎从不吃鱼。Most of the others were so young they had hardly any experience...其他人大多都很年轻，几乎没什么经验。Hardly anyone slept that night.那天晚上几乎没人睡觉。3[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（用在否定句中构成双重否定，用于强调某事属实或经常发生）几乎不 You use hardly before a negative statement in order to emphasize that something is usually true or usually happens.   [ADV n]  [emphasis]Hardly a day goes by without a visit from someone.几乎每天都有人来。4[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（用于can之后，表示强调）很难 When you say you can hardly do something, you are emphasizing that it is very difficult for you to do it.   [can/could ADV inf]  [emphasis]I can hardly believe it's been over eight years since you used to go camping at Cedar Creek...我几乎无法相信现在距离你过去常常去松溪露营的日子已经有8年多了。My garden was covered with so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers.我的花园里飞舞着很多蝴蝶，我几乎看不见花了。5[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（表示两件事情紧接着发生）刚刚，才 If you say hardly had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second.   [ADV before v]He had hardly collected the papers on his desk when the door burst open...他刚收起桌上的文件，门就猛地开了。Hardly had he returned to London than an anonymous well-wisher called to say he was about to be raided by Customs & Excise.他刚回到伦敦，就有一个不愿透露姓名的好心人打来电话说，他即将面临海关的突击检查。6[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（表示希望听者或读者赞同自己）并不，丝毫不 You use hardly to mean 'not' when you want to suggest that you are expecting your listener or reader to agree with your comment.   [ADV before v]We have not seen the letter, so we can hardly comment on it...我们还没有看到这封信，所以无从发表意见。It's hardly surprising his ideas didn't catch on...他的想法没有被广泛接受，这并不足为奇。The growth rate for 1980-89 was 2.2%. Hardly the stuff of economic miracles.1980至1989年间的经济增长率是2.2%，算不上什么经济奇迹。7[CONVENTION 惯用语]（尤用于对不赞同的说法表示惊奇或不满）不可能，不会吧 You use 'hardly' to mean 'no', especially when you want to express surprise or annoyance at a statement that you disagree with.   [SPOKEN 口语]'They all thought you were marvellous!' —'Well, hardly.'...“他们都认为你很棒！”“哦，不可能吧！”'We could almost have seen it,' — 'Hardly, darling — in the dark and from a distance of a good hundred feet?'“我们几乎都看到它了。”“不会吧，亲爱的——天那么黑，离得又至少有100英尺呢！”

英语单词	hardly
英美音标	英 ['hɑːdli] 美 ['hɑːrdli]
中文释义	adv.几乎不；简直不；刚刚
英语例句	(1) Hardly anybody came. (2) He could hardly refrain himself. (3) The desert air contains hardly any moisture. (4) He is so excited that he can hardly sleep. (5) She could hardly believe her ears. (6) My legs were so weak I could hardly stand. (7) Hardly had the game begun when it started raining.
中文例句	(1) 几乎没有人来。 (2) 他几乎不能自制。 (3) 沙漠的空气几乎不含一点湿气。 (4) 他如此兴奋，几乎不能入睡。 (5) 她简直不能相信自己的耳朵。 (6) 我的腿软得简直不能站立。 (7) 比赛刚刚开始就下起雨来。
vocabulary简明	The adverb hardly means barely or scarcely at all. If you hardly ever visit your cousins in California, it means you almost never travel to see them.
vocabulary扩展	If you hardly know your neighbor, you only know him a little bit, and if you hardly understand what your French teacher says, you're only catching every few words she speaks. Hardly can also be used to talk about time: "We can't leave yet — the party's hardly started!" Hardly originally had nearly the opposite meaning: "with great exertion or effort." The phrase "not hardly," or "a little," eventually lost the "not" and became the hardly we know today.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（用于修正作出的陈述，表示不大可能）几乎不，几乎没有 You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true. [ADV before v] [emphasis] I hardly know you... 我不太认识你。 Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept... 尼克在沙发上几乎没睡。 He was given hardly 24 hours to pack his bags... 只给了他不到24小时的时间来打点行装。 Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart. 他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。 2 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]几乎不；几乎没有 You use hardly in expressions such as hardly ever ,hardly any, and hardly anyone to mean almost never, almost none, or almost no-one. [ADV ever/any] We ate chips every night, but hardly ever had fish... 我们每晚吃炸薯条，但几乎从不吃鱼。 Most of the others were so young they had hardly any experience... 其他人大多都很年轻，几乎没什么经验。 Hardly anyone slept that night. 那天晚上几乎没人睡觉。 3 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（用在否定句中构成双重否定，用于强调某事属实或经常发生）几乎不 You use hardly before a negative statement in order to emphasize that something is usually true or usually happens. [ADV n] [emphasis] Hardly a day goes by without a visit from someone. 几乎每天都有人来。 4 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（用于can之后，表示强调）很难 When you say you can hardly do something, you are emphasizing that it is very difficult for you to do it. [can/could ADV inf] [emphasis] I can hardly believe it's been over eight years since you used to go camping at Cedar Creek... 我几乎无法相信现在距离你过去常常去松溪露营的日子已经有8年多了。 My garden was covered with so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers. 我的花园里飞舞着很多蝴蝶，我几乎看不见花了。 5 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（表示两件事情紧接着发生）刚刚，才 If you say hardly had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. [ADV before v] He had hardly collected the papers on his desk when the door burst open... 他刚收起桌上的文件，门就猛地开了。 Hardly had he returned to London than an anonymous well-wisher called to say he was about to be raided by Customs & Excise. 他刚回到伦敦，就有一个不愿透露姓名的好心人打来电话说，他即将面临海关的突击检查。 6 [ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]（表示希望听者或读者赞同自己）并不，丝毫不 You use hardly to mean 'not' when you want to suggest that you are expecting your listener or reader to agree with your comment. [ADV before v] We have not seen the letter, so we can hardly comment on it... 我们还没有看到这封信，所以无从发表意见。 It's hardly surprising his ideas didn't catch on... 他的想法没有被广泛接受，这并不足为奇。 The growth rate for 1980-89 was 2.2%. Hardly the stuff of economic miracles. 1980至1989年间的经济增长率是2.2%，算不上什么经济奇迹。 7 [CONVENTION 惯用语]（尤用于对不赞同的说法表示惊奇或不满）不可能，不会吧 You use 'hardly' to mean 'no', especially when you want to express surprise or annoyance at a statement that you disagree with. [SPOKEN 口语] 'They all thought you were marvellous!' —'Well, hardly.'... “他们都认为你很棒！”“哦，不可能吧！” 'We could almost have seen it,' — 'Hardly, darling — in the dark and from a distance of a good hundred feet?' “我们几乎都看到它了。”“不会吧，亲爱的——天那么黑，离得又至少有100英尺呢！”

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