When the Spaniards had taken on board a sufficient supply of wood and of fresh water they set sail, but had scarcely got out to sea when a fever spread among the crew, and became a perfect plague.(西班牙人補充了足夠的木材和淡水，又起航了。但是熱病開始在船員中蔓延，并形成瘟疫，幾乎無法出海。)

I had scarcely placed myself in this posture when one of the eagles, having taken me up with the piece of meat to which I was fastened, carried me to his nest on the top of the mountain.(我幾乎還沒有擺好姿勢其中一只鷹就抓起了我綁著的那塊肉，把我帶到他在山頂的巢穴。)

but I selected for myself, in the bottom of the valley, those which you see in this bag," I had scarcely done speaking, when the other merchants came crowding about us, much astonished to see me;(但是我在山谷底下，自己挑選的，你可以在我包里看到，”我幾乎還沒有說完，其他的商人已經向我圍攏過來，非常驚訝看到我；)

He was scarcely awake when he heard the knock at the door.(他剛醒來就聽見有人敲門。)

I saw two men running toward me, waving their hands to me. Scarcely had they stopped by me when they began to talk to me.(我看到兩個男人朝我揮手，跑到我面前，當他們和我談話時，幾乎沒有在我身上逗留，用的是英語。)

SCARCELY has one bubble deflated when another threatens to pop.(一個泡沫很少在另一個泡沫行將破滅時自行減退。)

Scarcely had his hands touched her head when she sighed deeply.(他的手剛碰到她的頭她便深深地嘆了一口氣。)

I scarcely ever went out and when I did go I never looked at it.(我幾乎從來沒有出去過，即使出去，我也從來不觀察它。)

But when I found myself on the ground, I speedily untied the knot, and had scarcely done so, when the roc, having taken up a serpent of a monstrous length in her bill, flew away.(但是當我發現我自己已經著陸了，我飛速的解開綁著我的繩結，幾乎沒來得及，那時這個若克鳥用嘴捉起一條巨長的蟒蛇，飛走了。)

Scarcely had the votes been counted, when the telephone rang.(選票剛一統計好，電話就響了。)