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"
双语例句
- 1. Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
- 戴夫背部拉伤，几乎没法踢球。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.
- 母亲身材矮小，只有5英尺高。
来自柯林斯例句