hardly是英语常用、常考的副词，它表示否定意义。除了作为副词使用之外，它还有一些搭配需要掌握，比如：hardly ever、hardly… when、hardly any、hardly more than等等。
1.hardly常见意思是“几乎不”，经常和can、could连在一起使用，放在can或者could后面。比如：They could hardly refrain from weeping as they stood together. 他们站在一起，忍不住哭了起来。My legs were so weak，I could hardly stand.我的腿非常没有力气，几乎站不住。
2.hardly指“简直没有，简直不”。比如：We hardly had time to eat breakfast.我们简直是没有时间吃早饭。We have hardly eaten anything。我们几乎没吃什么东西。I hardly know the people I work with.我几乎不认识跟我一起工作的人。
3.hardly当“几乎没有”讲时，经常和any连在一起使用。比如：Gas has hardly any weight.
气体几乎没有重量。Hardly any of the students did well on the test so the teacher explained the lesson again.几乎没有学生在这个测试上做的非常好，所以老师又对这个课解释了一次。I've got hardly any money.我几乎不名一文。There's hardly any tea left.没有剩什么茶了。
4.hardly可以表示“完全不是……，很难有理由……”。比如：You can hardly expect me to learn to money again.你很难有理由让我借给你钱。His story is hardly true.他的故事完全不真实.I can hardly ask him for more money.我没有任何的理由跟他要钱。you can hardly blame me if you don't like the place.如果你不喜欢这个地方的话，你不能责怪我。
5.hardly指“几乎不，从来不，很少”时，经常和ever连在一起使用。比如：It hardly ever snows in Florida.佛罗里达从来不下雪。I hardly ever go out these days.这些日子我很少出去。He hardly ever goes to bed before midnight.他很少在午夜之前上过床。I hardly ever see her.我很少见到她。
6.hardly还可以表示“刚……就”，经常跟when搭配，这是考试的考点。比如： I could hardly believe my luck when he said yes.听他说行，我几乎不敢相信自己会这么走运。I could hardly believe it when I read the letter.读到那封信时，我简直不敢相信。
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang.我们刚坐下用晚餐，电话就响了。这句话也可以把hardly放在句首，写成倒装句，这也是考点之一：Hardly had she had time to sit and have a rest when the phone rang again.
7.hardly同 more than连用，表示“不足；仅仅”。比如：Her clothes were hardly more than rags, and offered little in the way of warmth.他的衣服连碎布都算不上，根本无法起到保暖的作用。He is a young man, hardly more than a stripling.他是个小伙子，尚不及而立之年。
,
