hardly
gb/hˈɑɹdli/ us/hˈɑɹdli/
A2
Αγγλικά
~ 1200
alig, alighogy
A2
1
alig
A2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
hardly [verb]
I can hardly hear you over the noise.
Alig hallak a zajtól.
She hardly spoke during the meeting.
Alig beszélt az értekezlet alatt.
We hardly have enough time to finish this project.
It's hardly surprising that they lost the game.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I hardly know him.
Alig ismerem.
She hardly eats any sweets.
Alig eszik édességet.
We hardly have any milk left.
He hardly talks in class.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'hardly' with 'with difficulty.' In modern English, 'hardly' usually means 'almost not,' not 'with hard effort.'
Σημασία
Almost not at all
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
hardly ever
|hardly noticeable
|hardly worth it
|hardly enough
Συνώνυμα
barely (Very close in meaning; often interchangeable, but 'barely' can sometimes sound slightly more formal or emphatic.)
Αντώνυμα
easily (Opposite in the sense of something being done with no difficulty instead of almost not at all.)
Θέματα
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
Used to say that something is almost not true or happens very little.
Used to emphasize that something is only just true, or is true to a very small degree.
B1
2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
hardly [past perfect verb] when [past tense clause]
I had hardly sat down when the phone rang.
Alighogy leültem, máris megszólalt a telefon.
She had hardly started her speech before the fire alarm went off.
Alighogy elkezdte a beszédét, máris megszólalt a tűzjelző.
We had hardly arrived when it began to rain.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I had hardly eaten when he called.
Alighogy befejeztem az evést, máris felhívott.
She had hardly begun when it was time to stop.
Alighogy elkezdte, máris abba kellett hagynia.
We had hardly left when it started to snow.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse this with the simple past. This pattern often uses the past perfect for the first clause and past tense for the second.
Σημασία
Only a short time ago
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
had hardly begun
|hardly finished
|hardly started
Συνώνυμα
scarcely (Very similar meaning; 'scarcely' is slightly more formal and less common in everyday speech.)
Αντώνυμα
long before (Indicates much more time between two events, opposite of 'only just before.')
Θέματα
daily life
|storytelling
|time
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
Used to say something happened not long before another thing.
Used to say that something happened only a short time before another event.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
hardly
IPA
GB/hˈɑɹdli/
US/hˈɑɹdli/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
hardly (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (hardly)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: hardly
- Plural: hardlies
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Εκφράσεις
can hardly wait
1/kən hˈɑɹdli wˈeɪt/
fixed phrase
Very eager for something
Used to say you are very excited about something that will happen soon.
Παραδείγματα
- I can hardly wait for the weekend to arrive.
- She can hardly wait to see her family again.
could hardly believe
1/kˈʊd hˈɑɹdli bɪlˈiv/
fixed phrase
Almost unable to believe
Used to say you found something very surprising or hard to accept as true.
Παραδείγματα
- I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the price.
- He could hardly believe she had won the race.
hardly ever
1/hˈɑɹdli ˈɛvɚ/
fixed phrase
Almost never
Used to say that something happens very rarely.
Παραδείγματα
- I hardly ever go to the cinema these days.
- She hardly ever eats chocolate.
- She hardly ever eats meat.