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open the way for为…开辟道路

类似短语：

pave the way for铺平道路

例句：Their economic policy pave the way for industrial expansion.
      他们的经济政策为工业发展铺平了道路。

2.The economic recovery in the USA officially began more than a year ago, but to many Americans it hardly feels like the recession has ended.

barely，hardly区别

Hardly 和一个否定词在一起的用法在标准英语中应尽量避免， 一些批评学家一直怀疑象hardly，rarely 和 scarcely 这样的副词在传统的双重否定的句中应被视为否定词， 这样的词使句子象I couldn't hardly see him 和 I didn't get none 一样被弄糟了， 他们争论说，毕竟句子Mary hardly laughed 的意思是玛丽的确笑了， 而不是她没笑，所以不表示否定的建议。但是hardly 和 scarcely 和其他的否定表示一起在许多方面出现， 举例说，他们和象any 和 at all 这样独特的和否定上下文联系的条目组合在一起， 我们说I hardly saw him at all 或 I never saw him at all , 但并不是I occasionally saw him at all； 我们说I hardly had any time 或 I didn't have any time 但不是I had any time 等。 象其它否定副词，hardly 在句子开头时引起主语和助动词的倒装， 于是我们说Hardly had I arrived when she left， 和 Never have I read such a book 或 At no time has he condemned the movement. 等同样的句型。 别的副词并不用这样的倒装：我们不能说Occasionally has he addressed this question 或 To a slight degree have they changed their position 。 事实是象hardly

这样的副词语义上是否定的， 他们限定修饰了与不发生有关的状态或事件。于是hardly 的意思大概是“几乎根本不”； rarely 的意思大概是“实际上没有”；等等。

由于hardly, barely和scarcely等本身是否定词，所以不可与not或never 连用。

hardly，scarcely和barely这三个词在意义上都接近于否定。

hardly 主要与any，ever，at all或动词can连用：

He has hadly any money．

他几乎没有钱。（非常少）

I hardly ever go out．

我很少外出。（我极少外出。）

It hadly rained at all last summer．

去年夏天没怎么下雨。

Her case is so heavy that she can hadly lift it．

她的箱子太重了，她简直提不起来。

也可以和其他动词连用：

I hardly know him．

我不太认识他。（我只是与他认识而已。）

3.They said Mr Wilders' statements, such as comparing Islam to Nazism, might well be hurtful to Muslims, but they said the wounding of feelings could play no role in a criminal trial.

play a role起作用

例句：Why Moses had to play a role as a Judge?
       为何摩西需要扮演裁决者的角色?

4.Items on display include a toy model of Hitler for children, cups and saucers decorated with swastikas and a deck of playing cards showing Hitler.

on display陈列着,在展览

例句：There are many exhibits on display in the museum.
      博物馆里陈列着许多展览品。