幾乎不的翻譯

The words were hardly out of my mouth when we both saw him.

Over the rocks， in the crevice of which the candle burned， there was thrust out an evil yellow face， a terrible animal face， all seamed and scored with vile passions。 Foul with mire， with a bristling beard， and hung with matted hair， it might well have belonged to one of those old savages who dwelt in the burrows on the hillsides。 The light beneath him was reflected in his small， cunning eyes which peered fiercely to right and left through the darkness， like a crafty and savage animal who has heard the steps of the hunters。

話還沒說完，我們便同時看到他了。就在燃著蠟燭的那個岩石裂隙中，伸出一張猙獰的黃色臉孔，一張如鬼魅般的恐怖臉孔，滿布著醜陋的表情。沼澤中的汙泥，加上雜亂的鬍子，以及打著結的長髮，令他看起來像長久以前住在山坡邊洞穴中的奴工。蠟燭反射在他小而狡詐的眼中，而他的眼睛左右不停地向著黑暗中窺視，就像想嗅出獵人氣息的狡猾野獸。

The words were hardly out of my mouth when we both saw him.

注意：這裡的

hardly

表示“剛剛，才……”，沒有“幾乎不”的意思。

例如：

We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang。

我們剛坐下用晚餐，電話就響了。

We had hardly started from home when the engine gave out。

我們剛剛動身發動機就出了毛病。

The fishing vessels had hardly entered the harbour when the storm came。

那些漁船剛剛進港，那場風暴就到來了。

今天的知識點，你記住了嗎？