单词 | scarcely |
释义 | scarcely['skɑ:sli]ad. 简直不, 一定不, 仅仅相关词组:scarcely any scarcely scarce.ly AHD: [skârs“l¶] D.J. [6ske*sli8]K.K. [6skWrsli]adv.(副词)1. By a small margin; barely:刚刚;才:We scarely made it in time.我们刚刚赶到2. Almost not; hardly:几乎不;简直不:We scarcely ever used the reserve generator.我们几乎从未用过这台备用发动机3. Certainly not:决不:They could scarcely complain after such good treatment.在受到如此好的待遇后他们决不会抱怨用法:Scarcely has the force of a negative and is therefore regarded as incorrectly used with another negative, as inI couldn't scarcely believe it. · A clause followingscarcely is correctly introduced by when or before; the use ofthan, though common, is still unacceptable to some grammarians: The meeting had scarcely begun when (or before but not than ) it was interrupted. See Usage Note at double negative ,hardly Scarcely 有否定的意味,因此当它与另一否定形式一起用时被认为是不正确的, 就如在I couldn't scarcely believe it 中。 在scarely 之后用 when 或 before 引导从句是正确的; than 的用法虽然常见,但对于一些语法家来说仍然不能接受: 会议刚开始当 (或者 before 但非 than ) 就被打断了 参见 double negative,hardly |
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