| 词组 | hardly |
| 释义 | hardly ◊ 'hard' Hard can be used as an adjective or an adverb, often with a similar meaning. They have so much hard work to do. Many old people have worked hard all their lives. ◊ 'hardly' Hardly is an adverb. It has a totally different meaning from hard. You use hardly to say that something is only just true. I hardly knew him. You hardly look old enough. If you use an auxiliary or modal with hardly, you put the auxiliary or modal first. You say, for example, 'I can hardly see'. You do not say 'I hardly can see'. Two years before, the wall had hardly existed. She can hardly wait to begin. We could hardly move. ◊ WARNING You do not use 'not' with hardly. You do not say, for example, 'I did not hardly know him'. You say 'I hardly knew him'. Hardly is sometimes used in longer structures to say that one thing happened immediately after another. The local police had hardly finished their examination when the CID arrived. Note that in structures like these you use when, not 'than'. You do not say, for example, 'The local police had hardly finished their examination than the CID arrived'. In stories, hardly is sometimes put at the beginning of a sentence, followed by 'had' and the subject. Hardly had he uttered the words when he began laughing. ◊ 'hardly ever' If something hardly ever happens, it almost never happens. I hardly ever spoke to them. Daisy had women friends whom Tim hardly ever met. Many other words and expressions can be used to say how frequently something happens. For a graded list, see section on frequency in entry at ↑ |
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