【scarcely音标】 英[ˈskeəsli] 美[ˈskersli]
【单词释义】 scarcely是什么意思：
adv.勉强，几乎不，简直不；刚刚，才；决不；（刚）一…就
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
【关联词/派生词】
scarce adj.缺乏的；不足的；稀有的 adv.勉强；几乎不；简直不
scarcity n.不足，缺乏；稀少；萧条
【单词例句】
◇ The wolf had scarcely finished speaking when he jumped from the bed with a single leap and ate up poor Little Red Cap. As soon as the wolf had satisfied his desires, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly.
狼刚把话说完，就从床上跳起来，把小红帽吞进了肚子，狼满足了食欲之后便重新躺到床上睡觉，而且鼾声震天。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ "Oh, very badly indeed!" she replied. "I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!"
“啊，不舒服极了！”公主说，“我差不多整夜没合上眼！天晓得我床上有件什么东西？我睡到一块很硬的东西上面，弄得我全身发青发紫，这真怕人！”
---- The Real Princess
◇ She had scarcely made one cut, before a little kid stuck its head out, and as she continued to cut, one after the other all six jumped out, and they were all still alive. They were not even hurt, for in his greed the monster had swallowed them down whole.
刚剪了第一刀，一只小羊就把头探了出来。它继续剪下去，六只小羊一个个都跳了出来，全都活着，而且一点也没有受伤，因为那贪婪的坏蛋是把它们整个吞下去的。