“几乎不”英文怎么说

英文表达“几乎不”的方式很多。常用的词汇有 hardly, scarcely, barely 等。也可以用little。 此外还可以用seldom, rarely (很少）间接表达这个意思。

1. hardly, scarcely, barely
这组词是同义词，其意思即是 "几乎不”。下面说说这组词的用法。

1) 与系动词连用
It has a very nasty smell, and it is hardly eatable. 它很难闻，几乎不能吃。
There is hardly any things left.　几乎没有剩下什么东西了。

2) 作状语修饰动词或形容词
She could hardly believe her eyes when that happened. 事情发生时，她几乎不敢相信她的眼睛。
They hardly ever watch television at night. 他们晚上几乎从不看电视。
He has barely enough money to live on. 他的钱仅够勉强维持生计。

3) 倒装
这组词还常使用倒装句式，以加强语言色彩，起强调作用，如：
Hardly did he know how to write. 他几乎不懂写字。
Hardly anyone has bothered to reply. 几乎没人动嘴回答。

2. little
little 除了可以是副词作状语外，还可以是形容词（作定语）或代词（作主语或宾语等）。用little来表达“几乎不”在语法结构上与汉语不同，需要熟悉这种用法。

We had little rain in the summer. 我们这里夏天几乎不下雨。
Little of the characters was recognizable. 那些符号几乎无法辩识。
His name is little known outside of China. 他的名字在中国之外几乎不为人知。

3. seldom, rarely
Seldom/Rarely does she eat her lunch at home. 她很少（几乎不）在家吃午饭。

4. 此外，还有更多灵活的表达方法，如：
For this reason, this technique is almost never used by most companies.
由于这个原因，大多数公司几乎不使用这种技术。