英 [ˈskeəsli] 美 [ˈskersli]
adv. 勉强，几乎不；刚……（就……），才；决不，一定不
scarcely /ˈskɛəslɪ/ CET4 TEM4
副词 You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case. 几乎不; 简直不
He could scarcely breathe.
他几乎喘不过气来。
I scarcely knew him.
我几乎不认识他。
副词 You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. 决不
It can scarcely be coincidence.
这决不可能是巧合。
副词 If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 刚…就…
Scarcely had the votes been counted, when the telephone rang.
选票刚一统计好，电话就响了。
[2-1]是A:Scarcely错,因为意思错,甚么是几乎不(Scarcely)的男人?
... victim 牺牲者；受害的人 scarcely 几乎没有；几乎不 scarce 不充足的；难得的 ...
... angry adj. 生气的;愤怒的，发怒的;(颜色等)刺目的;(伤口等)发炎的 scarcely adv. 勉强;仅仅;几乎不;简直不 curtain n.窗帘，门帘;帐幕之物，幕布;启幕，落幕vt.给(窗户或房间)装上帘子;掩蔽 ...
... scarce：稀少的，罕见的；缺乏的，不足的 scarcely：几乎不；勉强；简直没有 scarcity：缺乏，匮乏；稀少，罕见 ...
It can scarcely be coincidence.
这决不可能是巧合。
I can scarcely believe it.
我几乎不敢相信。
I scarcely knew him.
我几乎不认识他。
not a feather then he fluttered -- Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before - On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
VOA : special.2010.10.31
That is to say, when one can scarcely say the word "author" without thinking "authority," and one can definitely never say the word "authority" without thinking about the police.
意思就是说，当一个人说到“作者“,而想不到“权威“，或者一个人,在没想到警察的时候绝对不会想起“权威“这个字眼。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Because you would know being a good utilitarian that taking some, a small amount, he'd scarcely going to notice it, but it will make a huge improvement in the lives and in the welfare of those at the bottom.
因为作为一个优秀的功利主义者，你知道,收走一些对他们来说根本无关痛痒的钱，却能大大改善社会底层那些人的生活,增加他们的福利。
公正课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Anka Clarke has described herself as a "scarcely living pregnant skeleton" at this point.
Yet her story, and those of other successful women entrepreneurs, are scarcely in the public eye.
Though the recession ended last year, labour-market conditions have scarcely improved in much of the country.