He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.

他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。

《牛津词典》

Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.

比赛才开始就下起雨来了。

《牛津词典》

Scarcely had the votes been counted, when the telephone rang.

选票刚一统计好，电话就响了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

That is to say, when one can scarcely say the word "author" without thinking "authority," and one can definitely never say the word "authority" without thinking about the police.

意思就是说，当一个人说到“作者“,而想不到“权威“，或者一个人,在没想到警察的时候绝对不会想起“权威“这个字眼。

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Mr Brown likes to give the impression that he has saved the country from rampant inflation, even though it was scarcely racing when he took office.

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Bill Gates was scarcely past puberty when he started Microsoft.

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