电车上十分拥挤,几乎没有立足之地。
[误] The train was so crowded that there was hardly sufficient room for you.
[正] The train was so crowded that there was scarcely sufficient room for you.
注:副词 hardly 和 scarcely 虽然都含有“几乎不”等否定含义,有些时候也可以互换,如:I could hardly/scarcely recognize her(我几乎认不出她来了),但仍有细微的差异。如在强调数量“不足”时只能用 scarcely,这时它常与 enough、sufficient等词连用。
[误] The train was so crowded that there was hardly sufficient room for you.
[正] The train was so crowded that there was scarcely sufficient room for you.
注:副词 hardly 和 scarcely 虽然都含有“几乎不”等否定含义,有些时候也可以互换,如:I could hardly/scarcely recognize her(我几乎认不出她来了),但仍有细微的差异。如在强调数量“不足”时只能用 scarcely,这时它常与 enough、sufficient等词连用。