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。