1.scarcely在句中一般放在行为动词之前,助动词、情态动词或系动词之后。
2.scarcely在正式文体或文学语言中,常可放在句首,句子采用倒装语序。
3.scarcely之后可接any, ever, at all等,表示“几乎不”“几乎从不”“几乎没有”; 也可接when表示“刚刚…就…”,这时主句用过去完成式, when引导的从句用一般过去式。
4.scarcely也可用来修饰名词或代词。
句型例句
We scarcely have time for breakfast.我们几乎没有吃早饭的时间。
You're scarcely well enough to sit up yet.你尚未完全康复,还不能坐起来。
Scarcely do I know him.我同他不怎么熟。
I had scarcely come in when the phone rang.我刚进来,电话就响了。
Scarcely had I closed my eyes when I began to imagine the most fantastic shapes.我一闭上眼睛,就开始想象奇形怪状的东西。
We've scarcely any money left.我们几乎一点钱不剩。
He's scarcely ever late for work.他上班几乎从不迟到。
There were scarcely fifty people present in that meeting.那次会议出席的不足50人。
