barely的中文翻譯是什麼意思

barely

US/ˈberli/
UK/ˈbeəli/

adv. 勉強; 幾乎不; 剛剛…(就)

barely柯林斯釋義

ADV-BRD-NEG剛剛;勉強;僅僅

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...

    阿納斯塔西婭幾乎記不起來怎麼去的醫院。

  • It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room...

    當時氣溫達到了90度,空調也不能讓房間涼快多少。

ADV-BRD-NEG剛剛…(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...

    這架波音767剛剛停住,它的艙門就彈開了。

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

    推土機剛一啟動,倫敦博物館的考古學家們就蜂擁而至了。

barely英文釋義

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同義詞辨析

hardly, scarcely, barely

這些副詞均含"幾乎不"之意。

  • hardly : 指接近最低限度,差不多沒有多餘,強調困難和程度。
  • scarcely : 指不太充分,不太夠,不足,不能令人滿意,強調數量。
  • barely : 指僅僅夠,一點不多,強調沒有多餘。

barely場景例句

Their performance is barely satisfactory.

他們的表演尚差強人意.

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

他賺很少的錢僅夠孩子們勉強餬口.

His handwriting is barely legible.

他的字真難認.

His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.

他的嘴角彎了彎,露出一絲幾乎察覺不到的笑容.

He barely caught the train.

他勉強趕上火車.

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barely近義詞

adv. 幾乎沒有;僅僅

justscarcelyhardly

其他釋義

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