hardly
单词辨析：
指不太充分、不太够，或不能令人满意，强调数量或程度上不足，常与 enough，sufficient，any 等词连用。
This small country has scarcely any industry.
这个小国家几乎没有工业。
The hall is so crowded that there is scarcely sufficient room for one to move.
大厅里人山人海，简直无法走动。
Scarcely a day goes by when I don't think of her.
我几乎没有一天不想她。
指勉强能达到某一数量、程度等，表示肯定意义，强调没有富余。
They had barely enough money to pay the rent.
他们的钱刚好够付租金。
She is now barely able to stand.
她现在勉强能站立。
Barely any of the villagers can read or write.
那里的村民粗通文字而已。
The manager barely acknowledged her presence.
经理只略微向她打了个招呼。
指接近最低限度，几乎没有富余，或指能力上有困难，表示否定意义，常与 any，ever，at all 或情态动词 can 连用。
I'm so tired that I can hardly walk.
我很累，简直走不动了。
He's hardly slept at all this week.
这星期他几乎没睡什么觉。
There is hardly any milk left.
几乎没剩什么牛奶了。
I can hardly remember him now.
如今我已几乎记不得他了。
相关例句：
It's gonna be great. I can hardly wait
那一定很棒。我都等不及了。
Uncle Paul and I hardly know each other.
我和保罗叔叔几乎互不相识。
Hardly anyone slept that night.
那天晚上几乎没人睡觉。
For Mr Blair the political stakes could hardly have been higher.
对布莱尔来说，这已经是最高的政治赌注了。
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。
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。