1.hardly
adv.（副词）
Barely; just.
几乎没有；仅仅：刚刚
To almost no degree; almost not:
几乎不：任何程度上几乎不；几乎没有：
I could hardly hear the speaker.
我几乎听不到演说者的声音
Probably or almost surely not:
可能或几乎肯定不：
“Easily was a man made an infidel,but hardly might he be converted to another faith”(T.E.Lawrence)
“一个人可以轻易地变为不信宗教的人,但几乎不可能转而相信另外一种信仰”(T.E.劳伦斯)
With severity; harshly.
严厉地；粗鲁地
With great difficulty; painfully.
非常困难地；痛苦地
2.barely
[5bZEli]
adv.
几乎不能:仅仅,刚刚,
By a very little; hardly:
仅仅；几乎没有：
could barely see the road in the fog.
在雾中几乎不能看清路
In a scanty manner; sparsely:
简陋地；很少：
a barely furnished room.
陈设简陋的房间
3.scarcely
adv.
几乎不,简直没有
By a small margin; barely:
刚刚；才：
We scarely made it in time.
我们刚刚赶到
Almost not; hardly:
几乎不；简直不：
We scarcely ever used the reserve generator.
我们几乎从未用过这台备用发动机
Certainly not:
决不：
They could scarcely complain after such good treatment.
在受到如此好的待遇后他们决不会抱怨
