Unit 34 I can hardly get out of the house.

父親剛要出門,又回來了。他說,雪太大。他說,連門都出不去了:

I can hardly get out of the house.

你一年都沒有見過他,以為他出國了??墒怯幸淮瓮蝗辉诮稚嫌龅剿?,你說,簡直沒有想到他還在這:

I hardly expected to find you still here.

在記者招待會上他提出了問題。可是你說,他提到的問題幾乎都沒有切中要害:

The questions you raised are hardly to the point.

那天他顯然是不同意你的想法。你說,他一直都沒說什么話:

He hardly spoke a word the whole time.

他剛剛賺到一點錢就計劃去買貴重的衣服。你說,現(xiàn)在根本不是購買貴重衣服的時候:

This is hardly the time for buying expensive clothes.

他借了你的書不還。你對他說,他別再指望你借東西給他了:

You can hardly expect me to lend you something again.

弟弟遇到老朋友,朝人家打口哨。你說,那可不是對熟人打招呼的方式:

That's hardly the way to greet a friend.

他說他一天寫了五首詩。你說,難以置信:

I can hardly believe that.

注:

hardly adv. 簡直沒法(多與can 連用,意為almost not);簡直沒有,簡直不;幾乎沒有(與any連用);完全不是……,很難(有理由)(意為not at all, can't very well);幾乎從來不,很少(與ever連用,意為almost never)

hardly…when 剛……就