查词 - hardly

1 almost not 几乎不; 几乎没有

My parents divorced when I was six, and I hardly knew my father.

我六岁时父母离婚，我几乎不认识我父亲。

The children were so excited they could hardly speak.

孩子们兴奋得几乎连话都说不出来了。

I can hardly believe it.

这简直让我难以置信。

Hardly anyone (=almost no one) writes to me these days.

如今几乎没有人给我写信了。

Dad ate hardly anything (=almost nothing) .

爸爸几乎没吃什么东西。

There was hardly any (=very little) traffic.

路上车少人稀。

She lives in Spain, so we hardly ever (= almost never) see her.

她住在西班牙，所以我们几乎见不到她。

hardly a day/week/month etc goes by without/when (used to say that something happens almost every day, week etc) 几乎每天/每周/每月等都…

Hardly a month goes by without another factory closing down.

几乎每个月都有一家工厂倒闭。

2 used to mean ‘not’, when you are suggesting that the person you are speaking to will agree with you 很难说是…，一点也不

It’s hardly surprising that she won’t answer his calls after the way he’s treated her.

自从他那样对待她以后，她不接他的电话一点也不足为奇。

You can hardly blame Tom for not waiting.

你不能责怪汤姆没有等你。

My boss could hardly be described as handsome.

我的老板一点也算不上英俊。

hardly the time/place/person etc (a very unsuitable time, place, person) 绝不是恰当的时间/地点/人选等

This is hardly the place to discuss the matter.

这里绝不是讨论这件事的地方。

3 used to say that something has only just happened 刚刚

The building work has hardly begun.

建筑施工才刚刚开始。

hardly … when/before

She had hardly sat down when the phone rang.

她刚坐下电话就响了。

4

hardly

Do not use with a negative word. hardly 不和表示否定的词连用

I can hardly believe he said that (NOT 不说 I can’t hardly believe he said that) .

我很难相信他说过那样的话。

There’s hardly any milk left (NOT 不说 There’s hardly no milk left) .

几乎没剩下多少牛奶。

5

hardly

Use just before the main verb. hardly 用于句子的主要动词之前

He could hardly speak (NOT 不说 He hardly could speak) .

他几乎说不出话来。

6 Do not use hardly at the beginning of a sentence, except in very formal writing. hardly It is possible to say 可以说

I had hardly got in the house when the phone rang

is the usual way to say this.（我刚进屋子电话就响了）是通常的说法。

Hardly had I got in the house when the phone rang but this is very formal.

不过这种说法相当正式。

7

hardly hard hard hard

Do not use as the adverb of . The adverb of is . 不要把 hardly 当作 hard 的副词来用。hard 的副词是 hard

I tried hard to remember (NOT 不说 I tried hardly to remember) .

我努力记住。

Students have to study very hard (NOT 不说 Students have to study very hardly) .

学生们必须努力学习。