scarcely
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 can scarcely be coincidence
它不太可能是巧合。
He was scarcely awake when he heard the knock at the door.
他刚醒来就听见有人敲门。
His novels seem scarcely to date at all.
他的小说似乎丝毫没有过时。
He could scarcely jog around the block that first day.
第一天他勉强绕着整个街区跑了下来。
Yesterday, however, his views seemed scarcely relevant
然而，昨天他的观点似乎毫无关联。
She was so tired, she could scarcely move her dragging limbs.
她是那么累，疲惫的双腿简直都挪动不了啦。