Question

请举例说明rarely, seldom,hardly,scarcely, barely 的用法和区别

Answer 1

综述如下：

Rarely和seldom意思都是“很少”（表频率），seldom更正式、更书面。

Barely也是“很少”的意思，但否定意味是在“能不能”这个意思上。

Hardly和scarcely意思都是“几乎不”或者“刚刚”（表程度）。相比之下scarcely更正式、更书面。

重点词汇：Rarely

英［＇reəli］

释义：

adv.罕有，很少；异乎寻常地，极度

短语：

Rarely noisy不吵闹

rarely seen罕见；罕觏；鲜见

例句

用作副词（adv.）

1、She rarely went anywhere except to her office.

她除了去办公室以外，很少去别的地方。

2、Rarely did he fail to keep his promise.

他真的很难得失信。

Answer 2

Rarely和seldom意思都是“很少”（表频率），seldom更正式、更书面。
People rarely ask questions.
She was seldom seen in public.
Barely 也是“很少”的意思， 但否定意味是在“能不能”这个意思上。
She nodded, barely able to speak.

Hardly和scarcely意思都是“几乎不”或者“刚刚”（表程度）。例如：you hardly had time to do so-mething 意味着你几乎没时间做某事。相比之下scarcely更正式、更书面。
I hardly had time to ask her name.
We had scarcely arrived when he asked us to leave.