几个表示否定的副词

▲seldom adv. 不常，很少

The children are seldom ill. 这些孩子很少生病。Opportunity seldom knocks twice.机不可失，时不再来。

▲barely adv. 贫乏地;刚刚

They had barely time to catch the plane. 他们差点没来得及赶上飞机。

The committee had barely entered into the matter when he felt dizzy. 委员会刚开始讨论此事，他就感到头晕了。

He had barely enough money to buy food. 他仅有刚够买食物的钱。

▲hardly adv. 几乎不;简直不

This is hardly the time to discuss such matters. 在现在讨论这事根本不合适。

It was so dark that I could hardly see. 天那么黑，我简直看不见了。

I can hardly ask him directly for more money. 我绝不能直接向他多要钱。

He hardly ever eats meat. 他从来不吃肉。 Peter is hardly ever late. 玛丽几乎从不迟到。

【习惯用语】

hardly any 几乎没有 hardly ever 很少

▲scarcely adv. 不足地，不充分地， 几乎没有

There is scarcely enough food. 几乎没有足够的食物。

There was scarcely anything mentioned about that contract. 关于那份合同几乎什么也没提到。

…scarcely ….when/before…刚…一...就... (=…hardly…when…= …no sooner…than….)

▲narrowly adv. 仅仅;勉强; 恰好

One car narrowly missed hitting the other one. 一辆车差点儿和另一辆相撞。

The boy narrowly escaped being drowned. 那个男孩差一点被淹死。

▲nearly adv. 几乎，差不多

The job‘s nearly finished. 这工作差不多完成了。 She nearly died. 她差点儿死了。

Nearly everybody enters for ’The Nicest Garden Competition‘ each year， but Joe wins every time.

几乎每个人都参加一年一度’最佳花园赛‘，但乔每次都夺魁。

I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. 我朝下一望看到一个警察时，差上点从梯子上掉下来

▲rarely adv. 难得，很少

She is old and rarely goes out. 她年纪大了，很少外出。

He rarely comes here anymore. 现在他难得来这儿。

Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. `大本钟’很少出差错。

Peter is rarely / seldom late. 彼得不常迟到。;彼得很少迟到。

11.accurate adj. 准确的;精确的 accurately adv. accurateness n.

an accurate answer 准确的答案

Is this watch accurate? 这只表准吗?