(英文) 哩句點解?

he could hardly have felt more ashamed of himself

意思係：

他幾乎感到羞愧

hardly：幾乎

ashamed：羞愧

所以係：

他(he)幾乎(hardly)感到(felt)羞愧(ashamed)

由於"could"即「可以」，但係中文唔同，如果加埋"could"，就會變成：

他可以幾乎感到羞愧

不過，如果冇左個"could"，即"he hardly have felt more ashamed of himself"，中文就會變成：

他幾乎感覺更羞愧

睇落去好似差唔多，但意思就唔同。

he could hardly have felt more ashamed of himself係：他幾乎感到羞愧，即：佢差Ｄ感到羞愧。

而he hardly have felt more ashamed of himself係：他幾乎感覺更羞愧，即：佢差Ｄ覺得更羞愧

這句與：I can't agree you more相似

但先說could have + pp的用法，

這種用法，是表示對過去的推測，如：

He could not have said so? (他不可能這樣說過）
He cannot have arrived there (他不可能已經到達那裏）

而could hardly have的hardly只是帶出否定的意味

He could hardly have felt more ashamed of himself.

直譯是：他不可能為自己感到更羞愧。（即羞愧的程度已經大到不可能超越）
意譯：他為自己感到十分羞愧。（留意這動作是發生在過去）

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2012-10-19 08:31:08 補充：
hardly並不是＂幾乎＂之意，而是＂幾乎不＂之意

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1.幾乎不, 簡直不
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My legs were so weak that I could hardly stand. 我的腿虛弱得簡直無法站立。

他幾乎感到羞愧
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"he could hardly have felt more ashamed of himself."
解:他幾乎感到羞愧。