Simone
hardly，adv. 几乎不, 简直不, 刚hardly ever，很少, 几乎从不, 难得（ever 强调 hardly，没有实际的意义）这两个词或词组通常放在谓语动词之前，作频度状语，（如果宽裂谓语动词中含有情态动词或助动词，则放在第一个情态动词或助动词之后），hardly 置于句首，则句子要求部分倒装。例如：1. I can hardly wait to hear the news.我迫不及待地想听慎郑闭到这个消息。 2. You can hardly blame me if you don't like the place, as you were the one who begged me to take you there.如果你不喜欢那地方，你绝不该怪我，因为是你求我把你带到那去的。 3. Hardly had the game begun when it started raining.比赛刚刚开始就丛旁下起雨来。 4. Hardly anybody came.几乎没有人来。 5. She could hardly believe her ears.她简直不能相信自己的耳朵。 1. He hardly ever (ie very seldom) goes to bed before midnight.他很少在午夜以前就寝。 2. Peter is hardly ever late.玛丽几乎从不迟到。 3. My grandfather loves his island. He hardly ever sets foot in the city.我祖父热爱他那个小岛，他几乎从不进城来。 4. I have hardly ever been out of this city.我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。 5. You hardly ever see owls in the daytime.白天几乎看不 到猫头鹰。
