1 almost no; almost not; almost none 几乎不;几乎没有:
There's hardly any coffee left.咖啡几乎没有剩了。We hardly ever go out nowadays.我们如今很少出门。I hardly spoke any English when I first came here.我初来这儿的时候几乎不会说英语。☞Look at almost. 参看almost。
2 used especially after ‘can’ and ‘could’ and before the main verb to emphasize that sth is difficult to do (尤用于can及could之后、主要动词之前,强调难度):
Speak up -- I can hardly hear you.大声点─我听不见。
3 (used to say that sth has just begun, happened, etc) only just (表示刚刚开始、发生等)刚刚:
She'd hardly gone to sleep thanit was time to get up again.她刚睡着又该起床了。
If ‘hardly’ is at the beginning of a sentence, the verb follows immediately. This use is found in formal writing. Hardly had she gone to sleep than it was time to get up again. 在正式写作中,hardly如放在句首,后面就要紧接动词:Hardly had she gone to sleep than it was time to get up again. 她刚睡着又该起床了。
4 (used to suggest that sth is unlikely or unreasonable) not really (用于表示某事不大可能或不合理)事实上不会或不是:
You can hardly expect me to believe that excuse!你别指望我相信那种借口!☞Look at barely and scarcely. 参看barely及scarcely。
hardly/ˋhɑrdlI; ˈhɑːdli/adv 1 almost not or almost none [→ barely] 几乎不﹔几乎没有: I hardly know the people I’m working with (=do not know them very well). 我几乎不认识和我一起干活的那些人。I can hardly believe it. 这简直让我难以置信。We hardly ever (=almost never) go out in the evening. 我们晚上几乎不出去。hardly any/anything/anyone (=almost nothing or no one) 几乎没有/没有东西/没有人 She’d eaten hardly anything all day. 她一整天几乎没吃什么东西。see box at见 RARELY 方框2 used to say that something is not at all true 一点也不﹐绝不﹐根本不: This is hardly the ideal time to buy a house. 现在根本不是时候买房子。3 used to say that something has only just happened 刚刚: The serious building work has hardly begun. 主要的施工刚刚开始。
hardlyadverbalmost not; only just: She spoke so quietly that I could hardly hear her. There's hardly any (= almost no) coffee left. We hardly ever go out nowadays.