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Barely Syn ˈbeəli ˈberli  She Adv Brd Neg 广义否定结构副词   [Adv

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[ˈbeəli]

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几乎不(48%),勉强(31%),刚刚(15%),少量地(6%)
adv.仅仅,勉强;几乎不;公开地;贫乏地
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Collins
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/be͟ə(r)li/
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[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]刚刚;勉强;仅仅 You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case.
  [ADV before v]
  • 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。

  • His voice was barely audible...

    他的声音几乎听不见。

  • She was an elfin-like girl who looked barely 10 years old.

    她是个鬼马小精灵,看起来也就刚满10岁。

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[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]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.
  [ADV before v]
  • 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。


Oxford
bare·ly / ˈbeəli ; NAmE ˈberli / adverb 1 in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty 仅仅;刚刚;勉强可能 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。 2 in a way that almost does not happen or exist 几乎不;几乎没有 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。 3 just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.) 刚好;不超过(某个数量、年龄、时间等) Barely 50% of the population voted. 仅有 50% 的人口投票。 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。 4 only a very short time before 刚才;刚刚 I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me. 我刚刚开始讲话,他便打断了我。 note at
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bare·ly / ˈbeəli ; NAmE ˈberli /
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barelybare‧ly /ˈbeəli $ ˈberli/ ●●○ adverb
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1only with great difficulty or effort SYN  only just:  She was very old and barely able to walk. Mary had barely enough money to live on.barely audible/perceptible/visible/discernible etc His voice was barely audible. She could barely understand English.2almost not SYN  hardly:  She was barely aware of his presence. Joe and his brother are barely on speaking terms.3used to emphasize that something happens immediately after a previous action SYN only just British English:  Graham had barely finished his coffee when Henry returned.4used before amounts or numbers to emphasize that they are surprisingly small SYN  only:  Nowadays, the village has barely 100 inhabitants.

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