contain vt. 1.含有,包含;能容纳。 2.相当于,等于。 3.克制,忍耐。 4.【数学】除尽,整除;(边)夹(角),包围(图形)。 5.【军事】牵制,箝制,拦截,包围;遏制。 This box contains soap. 这只箱子装着肥皂。 I cannot contain my urine. 小便急得憋不住了。 15 contains 3 and 5. 15能用3和5除尽。 4 is contained in 12 three times. 12是4的3倍。 containing force 【军事】牵制部队。 be contained between [within] 被包容[夹在]…之间[之中]。 vi. 自制。 She could contain no longer. 她再也克制不住自己。 contain oneself 克制自己,忍耐 (I could not containmyself for joy. 我喜欢得忍耐不住)。 -ment 【军事】牵制 (the policy of containment 遏制政策)。
hardly adv. 1.几乎不,简直不。 2.不十分,才,仅。 3.严厉地,粗鲁地;苛刻地。 4.使劲地,拼命地;辛辛苦苦地。 It's hardly true. 这不像是真的。 He will hardly come. 他不大会来。 I need hardly say. 几乎不须说。 He is hardly old enough. 他稍微年轻了一点。 The battle was hardly contested. 这场仗打得很凶。 live hardly 日子过得苦。 hardly earned 苦挣来的;〔戏谑语〕便便当当得来的。 deal hardly with 虐待。 hardly any 几乎没有。 hardly anybody [anything, anywhere] 简直没有甚么人[甚么东西,甚么地方](I gain hardly anything. 我几乎没得到甚么)。 hardly ever 很少。 hardly ... when [before] 一…就…,刚…就… (She had hardly reached there when it began to rain. 她刚到那儿就下雨了)。 think [speak] hardly of 把…想得[说得]很坏。