scarcely meaning in English

adv.
1.简直不[没有]，几乎不[没有]。
2.好容易；勉强。
3.将近，刚刚，才。
4.的确没有，不至于；一定不，决不。
5.(刚)一…就〔与 before 或 when 连用〕。
6.不…的几乎没有〔与 but 连用〕。
短语和例子
I scarcely saw him. 我简直没看见他。 I scarcely know him. 我简直不认识他。 I need scarcely say. 用不着说，不必说。 He is scarcely old enough for the office. 他担任这个职务稍嫌年轻一点。 He can scarcely write his own name. 他勉强能写自己的名字。 He is scarcely seventeen years old. 他还不到[将近]十七岁。 He can scarcely have said so. 他不至于这样说。 S- had we reached home, before it began raining. 我们(刚)一到家就下起雨来了。 He had scarcely escaped when he was recaptured. 他一逃就被逮住了。 There is scarcely a man but has his weak side. 无缺点的人几乎没有。 scarcely any 简直没有。 scarcely ever 偶然，极少。 scarcely less 简直相等，简直一样。