Thisspillmightbeshocking;butitwashardlyunforeseeable.是什么意思?可预计还是不可预计?讲美国海上石油泄漏的一段话：Nowenvironmentalistswillpointtothespillasareminderofthedangersofoffshoredrilling.They

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This spill might be shocking; but it was hardly unforeseeable. 是什么意思?可预计还是不可预计?
讲美国海上石油泄漏的一段话：
Now environmentalists will point to the spill as a reminder of the dangers of offshore drilling. They have a point. Nancy Kinner, co-director of the Coastal Research Response Centre at the University of New Hampshire, explains that oil rigs rarely have accidents: “The risk might be one in 1,000, or one in 2,000.” Of course, she adds, there are hundreds of rigs out there. This spill might be shocking; but it was hardly unforeseeable.
最后一句hardly unforeseeable到底是可预知还是不可预知啊?hardly如何理解?求教……

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hardly 为几乎不
unforseeable为不可预知
两者皆有否定之意,否定之否定则为肯定,
故合起来意思为：几乎不会不可预知,即可预知.