1.Almost, nearly, scarcely and hardly are adverbs and can be used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns.
almost、 nearly、 scarcely和hardly都是副词, 均可与动词、 副词、 形容词和名词连用。
2.Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble.
赛40:24他们是刚才栽上、〔刚才或作不曾下同〕刚才种上、根也刚才扎在地里、他一吹在其上、便都枯乾、旋风将他们吹去、像碎秸一样。
3.A nation thus imperfect will not only be merely half as productive as a perfect nation, but with an equal or even with a much larger territory,with an equal or a much larger population, it will perhaps scarcely obtain a fifth, probably scarcely a tenth, part of that material wealth which a perfect nation is able to procure;
象这样一个有缺点的国家同一个充分发展的国家对照时，在生产力上相差的决不仅仅是一半；同那个健全国家相形之下，它拥有的土地和人口也许相等，或者还远远超过，但就所能获致的物质财富来说，恐怕还不能及到那个国家的五分之一，或者甚至十分之一。
4.Chang Yin-wu in Hopei and Chin Chi-jung in Shantung are simply violating all laws, human or divine, and are scarcely distinguishable from the traitors.
张荫梧在河北，秦启荣在山东，简直是无法无天，和汉奸的行为很少区别。
5.The fact that some exceptional people do well under adverse conditions scarcely justifies your assuming that you are exceptional in the same manner.
这两种因素中哪一种都能解释某些人用效率不高的方法都能学得很好。
6.If Hillary Clinton and Mr Giuliani are the Democratic and Republican nominees, there will scarcely be room for another New Yorker in the race.
如果希拉里·克林顿和朱利安尼先生被提名为为民主党和共和党的总统候选人，那么另外一个纽约人几乎不可能有成功的机会了。
7.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.
他们刚刚能听到讲话；我们才认识他们；正好躲过被击中；刚刚按门铃门就开了；她刚刚到达就找到了些借口离开——W·B·叶芝。
8.You have grown so much that I scarcely recognized you .
你长这么高了，我几乎认不出你来了。
9.I could scarcely(hardly)recognize her.
我几乎认不出她来了。
10.Finally, passing into the vast inky blackness beyond the galaxy, we come upon a gas so tenuous that it scarcely seems worthy of the name, with an average density of only 10?5 atom per cubic centimeter.
最后进入银河系之外的一大片漆黑之中，我们遇上了一团稀薄到似乎不应称之为气体的气体，它的平均密度很低，每立方公分只有10-5个原子。
