• adv. 幾乎不，簡直不；剛剛

hard,艱難的，-ly,副詞后綴。

hardly (adv.)

c. 1200, "in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort," from Old English heardlice "sternly, severely, harshly; bravely; excessively" (see hard (adj.) + -ly (2)). Hence "assuredly, certainly" (early 14c.). Main modern sense of "barely, just" (1540s) reverses this, via the intermediate meaning "not easily, with trouble" (early 15c.). Formerly with superficial negative (not hardly). Similar formation in Old Saxon hardliko, German h?rtlich, Old Danish haardelig.

1. The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.

病房里非常忙碌，埃米幾乎沒有時間說話。

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2. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.

我的眼睛腫得很厲害，幾乎看不到東西。

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3. Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.

他倆的臉相隔還不到18英寸。

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4. Half-ruined, hardly a building untouched, it's a desolate place.

這里大半遭毀，幾乎沒有一棟建筑完好無損，變成了一塊荒廢之地。

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5. He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.

他好像連話都說不清楚。

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