barely

US [ˈberli]
UK [ˈbeə(r)li]
  • adv.仅仅；几乎不；几乎没有；刚刚
  • Web勉强；几乎不能；赤裸裸地

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barely
adv.
1.
仅仅；刚刚；勉强可能in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty
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.
几乎不；几乎没有in a way that almost does not happen or exist
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.
刚好；不超过（某个数量、年龄、时间等）just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.)
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.
刚才；刚刚only a very short time before
I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
我刚刚开始讲话，他便打断了我。

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AllAll,仅仅仅仅,几乎不几乎不,几乎没有几乎没有,刚刚刚刚,勉强勉强,几乎不能几乎不能,赤裸裸地赤裸裸地
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1.
And though Loddar could barely care less about that, this may be one area in which David Beckham is likely to surpass his achievements.
尽管洛塔尔对此并不在意，但这也许是贝克汉姆能够超过他的成就。
jǐn guǎn luò tǎ ěr duì cǐ bìng bù zài yì , dàn zhè yě xǔ shì bèi kè hàn mǔ néng gòu chāo guò tā de chéng jiù 。
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2.
It's not unusual to see the bumpers on Geely cars barely hanging on after a few years of use.
比如，吉利汽车的保险杠在使用几年后常常会出现不牢靠的情况。
bǐ rú , jí lì qì chē de bǎo xiǎn gàng zài shǐ yòng jǐ nián hòu cháng cháng huì chū xiàn bù láo kào de qíng kuàng 。
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3.
She had become so small, at the end of her life, that she was barely taller than the artichoke plants.
在她生命的尽头，她的身体变得娇小了，她差不多都没有洋蓟植物高了。
zài tā shēng mìng de jìn tóu , tā de shēn tǐ biàn de jiāo xiǎo le , tā chà bu duō dōu méi yǒu yáng jì zhí wù gāo le 。
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4.
We are barely beginning to understand its translational and applied aspects.
我们对其所隐含的意义及其应用性的了解才刚刚开始。
wǒ men duì qí suǒ yǐn hán de yì yì jí qí yìng yòng xìng de liǎo jiě cái gāng gāng kāi shǐ 。
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5.
In an economy where income per person used to rise by barely 1% a year, today's growth rates feel like a miracle.
在这个人均收入年上升率仅为1%的经济中，目前的经济增长率已经被视为是奇迹了。
zài zhè ge rén jūn shōu rù nián shàng shēng lǜ jǐn wéi bǎi fēn zhī yī de jīng jì zhōng , mù qián de jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜ yǐ jīng bèi shì wéi shì qí jì le 。
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6.
If you just barely get to the coexistence curve, of course then you could see how much material you've got in the two phases.
如果你只是刚好到达曲线，当然那样你能看到你在两相中，各有多少物质。
rú guǒ nǐ zhǐ shì gāng hǎo dào dá qū xiàn , dāng rán nà yàng nǐ néng kàn dào nǐ zài liǎng xiāng zhōng , gè yǒu duō shao wù zhì 。
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7.
Whether or not I got rid of it, it barely makes a bit of difference to me now.
不管有没有扔，对现在的我来说，没有丝毫改变。
bù guǎn yǒu mei yǒu rēng , duì xiàn zài de wǒ lái shuō , méi yǒu sī háo gǎi biàn 。
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8.
I said I could never give up my car, but I barely drive now and am going car-free next month.
我说过我不能放弃汽车，但现在我很少开汽车了，下个月起就不会开车了
wǒ shuō guò wǒ bù néng fàng qì qì chē , dàn xiàn zài wǒ hěn shǎo kāi qì chē le , xià gè yuè qǐ jiù bú huì kāi chē le
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9.
So tired of all the sad face of a man, sometimes barely holding on really fast, just as in life, like a puppet!
好累，一个人面对着所有的悲伤，有时候真的快撑不住了，就像生活中的傀儡一样！
hǎo lèi , yī gè rén miàn duì zhe suǒ yǒu de bēi shāng , yǒu shí hou zhēn de kuài chēng bù zhù le , jiu xiàng shēng huó zhōng de kuǐ lěi yí yàng !
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10.
Aquino, facing his first major test barely two months after taking office, said he would concentrate on preventing a repeat of the incident.
阿基诺刚刚上任两个月，这是他上任以来面临的首次重大考验。他说，他将集中精力，防治此类事件再次发生。
ā jī nuò gāng gāng shàng rèn liǎng gè yuè , zhè shì tā shàng rèn yǐ lái miàn lín de shǒu cì zhòng dà kǎo yàn 。 tā shuō , tā jiāng jí zhōng jīng lì , fáng zhì cǐ lèi shì jiàn zài cì fā shēng 。
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