barely

一、真题好句
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/ˈbeəlɪ/ /ˈbeərlɪ/
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仅仅，刚刚，几乎不能
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In fact, I barely slept the night before.
I could barely make out the stage in the darkness.

二、词组｜习惯用语
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bare
adj. 空的；赤裸的，无遮蔽的 vt. 露出，使赤裸
barely satisfactory 差强人意
barely not 几乎不
Barely Legal 我的美好欲望(电影名)
barely enough 勉强够; 仅够;

网络短语:
Albeit Just Barely 虽然可以也勉强
barely passed 不及格
Barely Ther 紧身无痕
Barely Mucilaginous 仅黏
malting barely 啤酒大麦
Barely Audibly 几乎没有出声来
Barely Boobs 刚好是咪咪
Barely Perceptible 几乎不能被察觉; 勉强可觉察的;
But Barely 但几乎没有

三、词根记忆

barely
ad.赤裸裸地,無遮蔽地;僅僅,勉強,幾乎沒有He has barely enough money to live on.他的錢僅夠勉強維持生計.

barely
bare·ly / 5beEli; NAmE 5berli /
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 hardly

barely /ˈbeəli $ ˈberli/ ●●○ adverb
1  only with great difficulty or effort 勉强才能 SYN only just
She was very old and barely able to walk.
她年纪非常大，只能勉强走几步路。
Mary had barely enough money to live on.
玛丽的钱只够勉强度日。
barely audible/perceptible/visible/discernible etc
His voice was barely audible.
他的声音勉强能听见。
She could barely understand English.
她勉强懂一点英语。
2  almost not 几乎不 SYN hardly
She was barely aware of his presence.
她几乎没有注意到他的存在。
Joe and his brother are barely on speaking terms.
乔和他哥哥几乎不说话。
3  used to emphasize that something happens immediately after a previous action 刚刚〔表示强调〕 SYN British English only just
Graham had barely finished his coffee when Henry returned.
格雷厄姆刚刚喝完咖啡，亨利就回来了。
4  used before amounts or numbers to emphasize that they are surprisingly small 只有，仅仅〔强调数量之少〕 SYN only
Nowadays, the village has barely 100 inhabitants.
如今这个村庄只有100个居民。

barely ★★★☆☆
1.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.

【搭配模式】：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。

2.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.

【搭配模式】：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。

barely /ˈbeɚli/ adverb
1
a : hardly or scarcely — used to say that something was almost not possible or almost did not happen几乎不；简直不；勉强能
I barely recognized you with your hair cut short.
你头发剪短了，我简直认不出来了。
He could barely walk/read/write.
他勉强能走路/识字/写字。
His voice was barely audible above the sound of the river.
他的声音刚刚盖过小河流水声，勉强能听到。
The boat was barely visible off the coast.
在海面上几乎看不到那只船。
We barely [=almost do not] have enough money to pay the bills.
我们的钱勉强够付账单。
I barely [=almost do not] have time to eat my lunch.
我几乎没时间吃午饭。
He barely made his flight. [=he almost was too late for his flight] 他差一点没赶上航班。
b — used to say that someone or something only has a specified small size, age, length, etc.仅仅；只有
The movie is (just) barely an hour long.
这部电影只有一个小时。
He’s barely a teenager.
他只是个青少年。
She’s barely four feet tall.
她仅有四英尺高。
Barely 50 percent of the population voted.
仅有50%的民众投了票。
c — used to say that something reached a specified condition or happened only a short time before刚刚
The paint is barely dry.
油漆刚干。
They had barely [=just] set up the tents when it started to rain.
他们刚扎好帐篷就开始下雨了。
2
a : almost not at all几乎没有
We barely spoke the entire time we were in the car.
在车上，我们从头到尾几乎没说一句话。
I barely knew him.
我几乎不认识他。
b : almost not几乎没有
There are barely any new features in this software.
这款软件几乎没有什么新特点。
There is barely a difference between the two.
这两者之间几乎没有什么差别。