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guère [gεʀ]adverb► ne... guère ( = pas beaucoup) not much ; ( = pas souvent) hardly ever ; ( = pas longtemps) not long• il n'y a guère de monde there's hardly or scarcely anybody there• il n'y a guère que lui qui... he's about the only one who...* * *gɛʀ1) ( modifiant un adjectif) hardly2) ( modifiant un adverbe)3) ( avec un verbe) hardlyil n'avait guère le choix — he didn't really have a choice, he had little choice
* * *ɡɛʀ advne... guère (avec adjectif ou adverbe) — scarcely
Les prévisions ne sont guère optimistes. — The forecasts are scarcely optimistic.
Ce n'est guère mieux. — It's scarcely any better., (avec verbe) not much
Il ne mange guère. — He doesn't eat much.
Elle ne sort guère. — She hardly ever goes out.
Cela n'aurait guère duré. — It wouldn't have lasted long.
ne... guère de; Il n'y a plus guère de vrais aventuriers. — There aren't many true adventurers left.
il n'y a guère que... (rien d'autre) — there's hardly anything but..., (personne d'autre) there's hardly anybody but...
Il n'y a guère que lui pour y croire. — He's about the only one who believes it.
* * *guère adv1 ( modifiant un adjectif) les résultats n'étaient guère probants/différents/meilleurs le mois suivant the results were hardly convincing/any different/any better the following month; les étudiants ne sont guère optimistes/préparés the students aren't very optimistic/really prepared;2 ( modifiant un adverbe) et le mois suivant ça n'a guère été mieux and the following month it was hardly any better; l'appareil ne coûte guère plus de 1 000 euros the appliance doesn't cost much more than 1,000 euros; il ne faut guère plus de dix minutes pour faire it won't take much more than ten minutes to do;3 ( modifiant un verbe) il n'a guère mangé he hardly ate, he ate hardly anything; ne guère manifester d'enthousiasme to show hardly any enthusiasm; la situation n'a guère évolué the situation has hardly changed; on ne remarque guère la différence you can hardly tell the difference; je n'ai guère eu de mal à les convaincre I didn't have much trouble convincing them, I hardly had any trouble convincing them; je n'ai guère les moyens de faire I can barely ou hardly afford to do; aujourd'hui la question n'a guère d'importance today the question hardly matters ou is hardly important; il n'apprécie guère ta décontraction he doesn't much care for your casual attitude; on ne voit guère comment elle pourra s'en sortir it is hard to see how she'll be able to manage; il n'avait guère le choix he didn't really have a choice, he had little choice; je n'ai guère l'habitude de faire I'm not really in the habit of doing; ils ne se font guère d'illusion sur leur avenir they don't hold out much hope for their future; elle n'a guère de chances de retrouver du travail she has little chance of finding another job; hors contexte les chiffres n'ont guère de sens out of context the figures are practically meaningless; il ne fait guère de doute que there is little doubt that.[gɛr] adverbe1. [employé avec 'ne']je n'aime guère cela I don't much like that, I don't like that muchle beau temps ne dura guère the fine weather lasted hardly any time at all ou didn't last very longil n'y a plus guère de noyers dans la région there are hardly ou scarcely any walnut trees left in this areail n'a guère plus de vingt ans he is barely ou scarcely twenty years old2. [dans une réponse]comment allez-vous? — guère mieux how are you? — not much better ou hardly any better
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