barely的中文翻译是什么意思

barely

US/ˈberli/
UK/ˈbeəli/

adv. 勉强; 几乎不; 刚刚…(就)

barely柯林斯释义

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。

  • 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。

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。

  • Barely had the bulldozers started when Museum of London archaeologists swooped.

    推土机刚一启动,伦敦博物馆的考古学家们就蜂拥而至了。

barely英文释义

Adverb

1. by a small margin;

  • 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.Yeats

2. in a sparse or scanty way;

  • a barely furnished room

barely同义词辨析

hardly, scarcely, barely

这些副词均含"几乎不"之意。

  • hardly : 指接近最低限度,差不多没有多余,强调困难和程度。
  • scarcely : 指不太充分,不太够,不足,不能令人满意,强调数量。
  • barely : 指仅仅够,一点不多,强调没有多余。

barely场景例句

Their performance is barely satisfactory.

他们的表演尚差强人意.

He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.

他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口.

His handwriting is barely legible.

他的字真难认.

His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.

他的嘴角弯了弯,露出一丝几乎察觉不到的笑容.

He barely caught the train.

他勉强赶上火车.

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barely近义词

adv. 几乎没有;仅仅

justscarcelyhardly

其他释义

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