scarcely
🇺🇸
/ˈskersli/
🇬🇧
/ˈskeəsli/
adverb
R
only just; almost not
I scarcely had enough time to finish my work.
我幾乎沒有足夠的時間完成我的工作。
R
right after something else happens
She had scarcely left when the phone rang.
她剛離開，電話就響了。
R
not at all reasonable or likely
You can scarcely expect him to agree.
你幾乎不能指望他同意。
translation
幾乎不, 剛...就, 完全不