The letter was probably written for polemical impact. It is scarcely credible.
这封信可能是为了起到引发争论的效果,内容并不可信。
He had scarcely begun his speech when the audience began to heckle him.
他一开始演讲,听众就开始诘问他。
You can scarcely have chosen better.
恐怕你找不到更好的了。
※My object will be , if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys Ican scarcely hope to make.——Thomas Arnold, American humorist 我的目标——如果可能的话——是造就信奉基督的孩子。美国幽默家 阿诺德.T.