barely
- adv.仅仅;几乎没有;几乎不;刚刚;刚好;不超过(某个数量、年龄、时间等);刚才;勉强可能
bare 缺少的 + -ly ...地
barelyadv.
仅仅；刚刚；勉强可能
in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty
The music was barely audible.
音乐声勉强能听见。
She was barely able to stand.
她勉强能站立。
We barely had time to catch the train.
我们差点没赶上火车。
几乎不；几乎没有
in a way that almost does not happen or exist
She barely acknowledged his presence.
她只略微向他打了个招呼。
There was barely any smell.
几乎没有什么气味。
刚好；不超过（某个数量、年龄、时间等）
just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.)
Barely 50% of the population voted.
仅有50%的人投票。
He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company.
他只有20岁，却已经营起自己的公司了。
They arrived barely a minute later.
过了不到一分钟他们就到了。
刚才；刚刚
only a very short time before
I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
我刚刚开始讲话，他便打断了我。
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ADV-BRD-NEG 刚刚；勉强；仅仅
You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case.Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital...
阿纳斯塔西娅几乎记不起来怎么去的医院。
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ADV-BRD-NEG 刚刚…（就）
If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second.The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open...
这架波音767刚刚停住，它的舱门就弹开了。
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- only a very short time before
- they could barely hear the speaker
- we hardly knew them
- just missed being hit
- had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeat
- Synonym: hardly just scarcely scarce
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- in a sparse or scanty way
- a barely furnished room
- Synonym: scantily
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I barely know him .
我与他仅仅是点头之交。
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Barely a year later , all that is behind them .
仅仅一年过后，一切都已截然不同。
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He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company .
他只有20岁，却已经营起自己的公司了。
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They barely have enough money to keep body and soul together .
他们仅有活命的钱。
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I can barely string two words together in Japanese .
我那点日语有两个单词就很难摆到一起用了。
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Her income was barely enough to maintain one child , let alone three .
她的收入养活一个孩子几乎都不够，更不用说三个了。
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He was barely 30 and in the prime of life .
他还不满30岁，正是英姿勃发的年华。
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We barely had time to catch the train .
我们差点没赶上火车。
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This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject .
报告对这个问题谈得很肤浅。
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A viral illness left her barely able to walk .
一场病毒引起的疾病使她走路十分困难。
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I could barely hear above the roar of traffic .
过往车辆的轰鸣声使我几乎什么也听不见。
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Of the blows delivered , barely half found their mark .
仅有不到半数的出拳击中目标。
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The noise is barely detectable by the human ear .
这种噪音人的耳朵几乎是察觉不到的。
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The food at the hotel was barely edible .
这家旅馆的食物简直不能入口。
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At times , the heat was barely tolerable .
有时天气炎热得几乎令人难以忍受。
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The payments he gets barely cover his expenses .
他几乎是入不敷出。
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Her voice was barely audible above the noise .
一片嘈杂，她的声音只能勉强听得见。
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Barely 50 % of the population voted .
仅有50%的人投票。
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She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker .
她只能勉强结结巴巴地说一说袭击她的人是什么模样。
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Tim could barely conceal his disappointment .
蒂姆几乎掩饰不住自己的失望。
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I barely recognized her .
我几乎认不出她了。
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His words were barely audible .
他的话勉强听得见。
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The music was barely audible .
音乐声勉强能听见。
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There was barely any smell .
几乎没有什么气味。
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The flashlights barely penetrated the gloom .
手电筒勉强照见那幽暗处。
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Mother was of very small stature , barely five feet tall
母亲身材矮小，只有5英尺高。
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There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen .
两个男孩想趁人不备偷偷溜走几乎是来不及的。
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Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball
戴夫背部拉伤，几乎没法踢球。
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The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem
委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
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It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room
当时气温达到了90度，空调也不能让房间凉快多少。
指不太充分、不太够，或不能令人满意，强调数量或程度上不足，常与 enough，sufficient，any 等词连用。
This small country has scarcely any industry.
这个小国家几乎没有工业。
The hall is so crowded that there is scarcely sufficient room for one to move.
大厅里人山人海，简直无法走动。
Scarcely a day goes by when I don't think of her.
我几乎没有一天不想她。
指勉强能达到某一数量、程度等，表示肯定意义，强调没有富余。
They had barely enough money to pay the rent.
他们的钱刚好够付租金。
She is now barely able to stand.
她现在勉强能站立。
Barely any of the villagers can read or write.
那里的村民粗通文字而已。
The manager barely acknowledged her presence.
经理只略微向她打了个招呼。
指接近最低限度，几乎没有富余，或指能力上有困难，表示否定意义，常与 any，ever，at all 或情态动词 can 连用。
I'm so tired that I can hardly walk.
我很累，简直走不动了。
He's hardly slept at all this week.
这星期他几乎没睡什么觉。
There is hardly any milk left.
几乎没剩什么牛奶了。
I can hardly remember him now.
如今我已几乎记不得他了。