"they could barely hear the speaker"
"we hardly knew them"
"just missed being hit"
"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
almost not;
"he hardly ever goes fishing"
"he was hardly more than sixteen years old"
"they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
hardly的用法和样例:
例句
用作副词 (adv.)
Hardly anybody came. 几乎没有人来。
He could hardly refrain himself. 他几乎不能自制。
The desert air contains hardly any moisture. 沙漠的空气几乎不含一点湿气。
He is so excited that he can hardly sleep. 他如此兴奋,几乎不能入睡。
She could hardly believe her ears. 她简直不能相信自己的耳朵。
My legs were so weak I could hardly stand. 我的腿软得简直不能站立。
Hardly had the game begun when it started raining. 比赛刚刚开始就下起雨来。