hardly

英 /ˈhɑːdli/ 　美 /ˈhɑːrdli/

I could hardly hear you over the heavy rain.

雨声太大，我几乎听不见你说话。

Expanding roads alone is hardly sufficient to solve traffic congestion without improvements to public transport.

如果不改善公共交通，仅靠拓宽道路几乎不足以解决交通拥堵。

搭配

hardly ever 几乎从不hardly any 几乎没有can hardly wait 迫不及待hardly surprising 不足为奇

hardly意为几乎不，并非hard的副词形式。