单词详解

adv.

A. 几乎没有，几乎不 （ almost not）

I have hardly any money on me. 我身上几乎没有钱了。

B. 刚刚，仅仅（by a small margin）

They had hardly started before it began to rain. 他们刚出发，就开始下雨。

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1. can hardly wait to do 迫不及待地要做……

  I can hardly wait to go home.我迫不及待地想回家。

2. hardly any 几乎没有

They had hardly any money left. 他们几乎没有什么钱了。

3. hardly ever 几乎不；几乎从来不

I hardly ever use my computer. 我几乎不怎么用电脑。

4. hardly more than 不足；仅仅

Workers can hardly expect more than this. 工人们很难指望得到比这更多的了。

5. hardly when 一……就……

The postman asked my husband hardly when he opened the door.

先生刚把门打开邮递员就开始问他。

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同义词：quite, nearly, barely 

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词语辨析：hardly, barely

hardly, barely

这两个副词均含“几乎不”之意。

hardly: 指接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，强调困难和程度。

barely: 指仅仅够，一点不多，强调没有多余。

词语详解 

1. hardly: 指接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，强调困难和程度。

Hardly any of us believed what my boss had said. 我们几乎没有人相信老板说过的话。

2. barely : 指仅仅够，一点不多，强调没有多余。

My father can barely feed and clothe his family. 爸爸勉强能给予全家人温饱。