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。