When we finally managed to get home after the tiring long journey, we could not hardly move a step further. (TOEFL)
标准答案规定(C)是错误的。但我认为 we could not hardly move 是正确的,它的意思恰好相当于“我们几乎不能移动”。
应当牢牢记住，hardly，如同 little，few，rarely，seldom，scarcely 一样，属于半否定词之列。不应把 hardly 译作“几乎”，而应译作“几乎不”。因此，在表示否定含义时，不应再出现其他否定词，如 not，no，none 等等。
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Why, Sophie could not begin to imagine, but that was hardly the issue at this point. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 索菲无法想象这是为什么,但这不是眼前的问题。(《达·芬奇密码》)
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I hardly know the people I work with. (LDCE) 我几乎不认识同我一起工作的人们。
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We hardly had time to eat breakfast. (Thorndike) 我们几乎没有时间吃早饭。
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I could hardly breathe. (Hillary, Living History) 我几乎无法呼吸。
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Bill came to our party but hardly said a word. (Hillary, Living History) 比尔参加了我们的派对，不过很少开口。(希拉里，《亲历历史》)
请做下面的英语试题：
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Newly designed tires which have hardly no tread increase the racing speed considerably. A B C D (TOEFL)
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From the start, Ned found hardly none of his schoolmates as strong as he. (TOEFL)
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They ____ chance to make contact with outsiders. A. had almost to B. hardly had any C. hardly D. almost had not
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He can't hardly remember the accident because he was only a four-year-old boy when it occurred. A B C D
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No matter how hard he is working, he will insist on the principle of working as hardly as A B C D he can.
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Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore. A B C D
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“I can’t understand what Karl says.” “That’s because he ____ hardly speak English.” A. can B. can’t C. how D. how to(TOEFL)
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Chief Joseph La Flesche, a vigorous Omana leader, worked hardly to make his nation a proud and progressive one. (TOEFL, 93.1)
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The visibility became so bad that I could not hardly see the man who was walking one foot in front of me. No Error. (全国研考)