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。