barely是什麽意思

barely

英 ['beəlɪ] 美 ['bɛrli]

adv. 僅僅，勉強；幾乎不；公開地；貧乏地

英文詞源

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."

雙語例句

1. Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.: 戴夫背部拉傷，幾乎沒法踢球。

2. There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen.: 兩個男孩想趁人不備偷偷溜走幾乎是來不及的。

3. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.: 委員會幾乎還沒有在這個問題上取得任何進展。

4. 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。

5. Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.: 母親身材矮小，隻有5英尺高。

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