1 only just; almost not 仅仅;几乎没有:
There was scarcely a car in sight.几乎一辆车也看不见。She's not a friend of mine. I scarcely know her.她不是我的朋友,我不认识她。☞Look at hardly. 参看hardly。
2 used to suggest that sth is not reasonable or likely (用于暗示某事不合理或不可能):
You can scarcely expect me to believe that after all you said before.听过你以前说的那许多话后,别以为我还会相信那个的。
scarcely/ˋskɛrslI; ˈskeəsli/adv 1 hardly any at all 几乎不﹐几乎没有: The city had scarcely changed since we were last there. 自我们上次去过以后﹐那个城市几乎没什么变化。The country has scarcely any industry. 那个国家几乎没有工业。see box at见 RARELY 方框2 definitely not 决不﹐绝不: Owen is really angry, and you can scarcely blame him. 欧文十分生气﹐你可不能怪他。