[영어 단어] hardly

 

hardly

[하r-d뤼]
거의~할것같지 않다,
거의~아니다
막 (~하기 시작한) ~ 하자마자

hard / hardly
hardly / scarcely / barely / no sooner
You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true.
You use hardly in expressions such as hardly ever, hardly any, and hardly anyone to mean almost never, almost none, or almost no-one.
You use hardly before a negative statement in order to emphasize that something is usually true or usually happens.
If you say hardly had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second.
Most patients hardly noticed the changes to the waiting room.

 

 

 

hardly any

거의 ~ 없는

 

 

 

 

hardly at all

거의 ~하지 않는 (almost not)

 

 

 

 

hardly ever

거의 ~하지 않는

 

 

 

 

hardly know

전혀 모른다

 

 

 

 

hardly less

거의 같게

 

 

 

 

hardly probable

거의 일어날 것 같지 않은

 

 

 

 

hardly when

~하자마자, ~ 하자 곧