/ˈskeəsli ||; ˈskɛrslɪ/adv1 only just; almost not 仅仅；几乎没有: There was scarcely a car in sight. 几乎一辆车也看不见。She's not a friend of mine. I scarcely know her. 她不是我的朋友，我不认识她。 ☞Look at hardly. 参看hardly。
2 used to suggest that sth is not reasonable or likely （用于暗示某事不合理或不可能）: You can scarcely expect me to believe that after all you said before. 听过你以前说的那许多话后，别以为我还会相信那个的。