Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1135
hardly
几乎不；勉强
Almost not; barely; only just.
本身已含否定意义，不与 not 连用。
- 1.
Barely, only just, almost not.
几乎不；仅仅；勉强。
- 2.
only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats
刚
- 3.
Certainly not; not at all.
当然不；一点也不。
- 4.
almost not
几乎不
刚；刚刚；绝不；根本不；几乎不；仅仅；勉强。；刚；当然不；一点也不。
In use
I hardly know her, so I can't really give you an opinion.
She could hardly believe her eyes when she saw the surprise party.
There is hardly any food left in the refrigerator.
we hardly knew them
he hardly ever goes fishing
he was hardly more than sixteen years old
hardly any / anyone / anything / ever
常用于否定或限制数量、频率。
There is hardly any milk left.
几乎没剩下牛奶。
hardly can / could do
强调能力或可能性极低。
Connections
Collocations
- hardly ever
- 几乎从不
- She hardly ever goes out at night.她晚上几乎从不外出。
- hardly any
- 几乎没有
- There is hardly any milk left in the fridge.冰箱里几乎没有牛奶了。
- hardly anyone
- 几乎没人
- Hardly anyone came to the meeting.几乎没人来参加会议。
- hardly anything
- 几乎没什么
- I could see hardly anything in the dark.黑暗中我几乎什么都看不见。
- hardly believe
- 几乎不相信
- I can hardly believe my eyes.我几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。
- hardly surprising
- 几乎不令人惊讶
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Hardly 像‘hard’但加‘ly’，意思变成‘几乎不’；想象几乎举不起硬石头。
Context & Register
通常用于否定，多出现在正式或书面语中，但也用于口语。
Grammar Note
常用于否定句，与any等词连用；置于句首时需倒装。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme perfectly with 'hardly' (/ˈhɑːrdli/). Words like 'barely', 'scarcely', and 'nearly' share the -ly ending but have different stressed vowels. Words like 'hard', 'card', and 'yard' share the /ɑːrd/ sound with the first part of 'hardly' but lack the -ly ending.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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