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scarcelyUK:*/ˈskɛərsli/US:/ˈskɛrsli/ ,(skârs′lē)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 scarcely adv (barely, almost not)几乎不；简直不Tim was a brilliant entrepreneur; he was scarcely twenty when he made his first million.提姆是一位非常聪明的企业家，几乎不到二十岁时就赚到了第一个百万。usage: ‘rare’Don't use ‘scarce’ to say that something is not common, and is therefore interesting. Use rare.This flower is so rare that few botanists have ever seen it.Deepak's hobby is collecting rare books. 复合形式： scarcely ever adv (almost never, seldom)几乎从来没有After being mugged twice Miriam scarcely ever left the house. |