‘Couldn't you have just said no? ’ ‘Well, hardly, (= of course not) she's my wife's sister. ’
“你不能就说声不吗？”“喔，不可能，她是我小姨子。”
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You can hardly expect her to do it for free.
你不可能指望她无偿地做这事。
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It's hardly the time to discuss it now.
现在还不是讨论的时候。
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It's hardly surprising she was fired; she never did any work.
她被解雇了不足为怪，她从来没干过任何工作。
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He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong.
他不大可能承认自己错了。
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There's hardly any tea left.
没有剩什么茶了。
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Hardly anyone has bothered to reply.
几乎没人动嘴回答。
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She hardly ever calls me (= almost never) .
她几乎从未给我来过电话。
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We hardly know each other.
我们彼此还不大认识呢。
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Hardly a day goes by without my thinking of her (= I think of her almost every day) .
我几乎天天想着她。
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I can hardly keep my eyes open (= I'm almost falling asleep) .
我困得都快睁不开眼了。
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I could hardly believe it when I read the letter.
读到那封信时，我简直不敢相信。
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We can't stop for coffee now, we've hardly started.
现在不能停下来喝咖啡，我们刚刚才开始工作呢。
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We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang.
我们刚坐下用晚餐，电话就响了。
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(formal)Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly.
话刚出口，她就后悔不迭。
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I hardly know you...
我不太认识你。
Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept...
尼克在沙发上几乎没睡。
We ate chips every night, but hardly ever had fish...
我们每晚吃炸薯条，但几乎从不吃鱼。
Most of the others were so young they had hardly any experience...
其他人大多都很年轻，几乎没什么经验。
Hardly a day goes by without a visit from someone.
几乎每天都有人来。
I can hardly believe it's been over eight years since you used to go camping at Cedar Creek...
我几乎无法相信现在距离你过去常常去松溪露营的日子已经有8年多了。
My garden was covered with so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers.
我的花园里飞舞着很多蝴蝶，我几乎看不见花了。
He had hardly collected the papers on his desk when the door burst open...
他刚收起桌上的文件，门就猛地开了。
Hardly had he returned to London when an anonymous well-wisher called to say he was about to be raided by Customs & Excise.
他刚回到伦敦，就有一个不愿透露姓名的好心人打来电话说，他即将面临海关的突击检查。
We have not seen the letter, so we can hardly comment on it...
我们还没有看到这封信，所以无从发表意见。
It's hardly surprising his ideas didn't catch on...
他的想法没有被广泛接受，这并不足为奇。
'They all thought you were marvellous!' —'Well, hardly.'...
“他们都认为你很棒！”“哦，不可能吧！”
'We could almost have seen it,' — 'Hardly, darling — in the dark and from a distance of a good hundred feet?'
“我们几乎都看到它了。”“不会吧，亲爱的——天那么黑，离得又至少有100英尺呢！”
They are hardly understood by the public.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Although it hardly seems practical to trick ourselves into eating less.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文I'm so tired. I can hardly see straight.
出自-2013年12月听力原文We conform ( 遵守) to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist
出自-2013年12月听力原文He hardly needs to do any advertising nowadays.
出自-2011年6月听力原文Well, many students could hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup of coffee.
出自-2010年6月听力原文When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for
出自-2010年6月听力原文All the surveys found that people mixed up names within relationship groups such as grandchildren, friends and siblings but hardly ever crossed these boundaries.
2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section CEurope hardly had any museums before the 19th century.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文They hardly pay anything for the problems they have caused.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文In-office wellness programs may help reduce stress levels, but they are hardly an ultimate solution to the problem.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文This is hardly revolutionary, but it is presented in a charming format.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文That is not surprising: politicians with an eye on the next election will hardly rush to introduce unpopular measures that may not bear fruit for years, perhaps decades.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文hardly halt the growth of population
出自-2010年12月阅读原文And most of the time they hardly slowed her down.
出自-2013年12月听力原文It's hardly surprising that over half a million workers suffer from work related mental health conditions.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CYou can hardly blame people for worrying though.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section AAccording to the report's key findings, the proportion who say they ‘hardly ever' read for fun has gone from 8 percent of 13-year-olds.
2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文But when it's time for bed, you can hardly fall asleep.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 B 原文Each individual (个体的) ant hardly weighs anything, but put together they weigh roughly the same as all of mankind.
2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文I could hardly wait to meet him.
2018年高考英语全国卷I 完形填空 原文I could hardly wait to try this adventure again.
2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文It's hardly an obvious conclusion that this is a good way to survive.
2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文Mothers' devotion to children can hardly be calculated.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项Popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 选项She coughed and choked and could hardly survive her first few weeks.
2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文She could hardly find her seat.
2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 选项The government built a cycle lane on the road but it is hardly used.
2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文The poor could hardly afford school education.
2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项The show is good, but I could hardly see the stage from my seat.
2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文Those who tend to think back can hardly go ahead.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment.
2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.
2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文The magazine cover showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week.
出自-2011年考研阅读原文"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"- W.B.Yeats
"he hardly ever goes fishing"
"he was hardly more than sixteen years old"
"they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
