barely
英 ['beəlɪ]
美['bɛrli]
- adv. 仅仅，勉强；几乎不；公开地；贫乏地
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- barely (adv.)
- Old English bærlice "openly, clear, public;" see bare (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "only, just" is recorded from late 15c.; that of "merely, simply" is from 1570s. In 15c. it also could mean "naked."
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。
考试真题
- Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- Sales in 2009 could be barely half of that.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- At the same time, technological innovation (创新) will barely pause for breath, and two big political changes seem likely
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur this summer, just as UNESCO was meeting in Istanbul.
2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- Annual fees have risen from ￡1,000 to ￡9,000 in the last decade, but contact time at university has barely risen at all.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- and employs barely 9% of the nation's workers.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- Moreover, home prices barely dropped
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- Annual fees have risen from £1,000 to £9,000 in the last decade, but contact time at university has barely risen at all.
2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- Compared with other groups, I think the numbers in this group, at those 65 schools, are something like just barely more than half of the black male athletes graduate at all.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- Some of these spectacular churches are no more than small buildings, barely 4 meters wide and 6 meters tall.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
- The problem was that I barely knew anything about 3D printing, and I had only nine months to figure out how to print five fashionable looks.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- When we were children, we barely had any junk food available and we turned out just fine.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- Another urge or need that these gardens appear to respond to, or to arise from is so intrinsic that we are barely ever conscious of its abiding claims on us.
出自-2013年考研翻译原文
- During their six- to twelve-week voyage, they subsisted on barely enough food allotted to them.
出自-2015年考研翻译原文
- He's feeling positive, but he'll carry on blogging-not about eating as cheaply as you can—"there are so many people in a much worse state, with barely any money to spend on food"—but eating well on a budget.
2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- They arrived barely a minute later.
- 过了不到一分钟他们就到了。
牛津词典
- I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
- 我刚刚开始讲话，他便打断了我。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- The music was barely audible.
- 音乐声勉强能听见。
牛津词典
- She was barely able to stand.
- 她勉强能站立。
牛津词典
- We barely had time to catch the train.
- 我们差点没赶上火车。
牛津词典
- She barely acknowledged his presence.
- 她只略微向他打了个招呼。
牛津词典
- There was barely any smell.
- 几乎没有什么气味。
牛津词典
- Barely 50% of the population voted.
- 仅有50%的人投票。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- How many boys and girls are there in your class?
- 你班有多少男生和女生?
期刊摘选
- Their performance is barely satisfactory.
- 他们的表演尚差强人意.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- His handwriting is barely legible.
- 他的字真难认.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- He barely caught the train.
- 他勉强赶上火车.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.
- 他等电话时跺脚,几乎掩盖不住焦急的心情.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was barely listening until the salary was mentioned. Then he pricked up his ears.
- 他几乎没有注意听讲些什么,但当提到工资时,他却侧耳细听.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His argument was barely intelligible.
- 他的论点不易理解.
《简明英汉词典》
- The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.
- 没有出口作物,岛上的居民几乎无法生存.
《简明英汉词典》
- The project was barely in embryo.
- 该计划只是个雏形.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We barely had time to catch the train.
- 我们几乎来不及赶火车.
《简明英汉词典》
- We barely arrived than it was time to leave.
- 我们刚到就要离开了.
《简明英汉词典》