barely

Word family

bare·ly /ˈbeəli $ ˈberli/ adverbadv

1 JUST/ALMOST NOTonly 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 IMMEDIATELYused 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。

Examples from the Corpus

barely• A visit to the site of Expo 92 barely 10 days before the opening left many questions unanswered.• The room was furnished barely.• They lost, but just barely.• There was barely a gallon of gas in the tank.• He had barely a mile to go before finishing the race.• And the stock barely budged from when he took over.• The staff here are barely coping with all the work.• We had barely crept any closer to our target.• She was barely eighteen, and pregnant with her second child.• 5000 gallons of water is barely enough to supply a fire truck for five minutes.• Dole himself, his voice cracking, can barely get through his words: This is a great honor for Bob Dole.• I'd barely gotten home when the phone rang.• His voice was barely loud enough to be heard at the back of the theatre.• Dave barely noticed my new dress.• The fog was so bad that we could barely see the road in front of us.• However, I was determined that I would marry him even though I'd only known him for barely six months.• She had barely slept 10 minutes before she was woken up again.• The class had barely started when the fire bell rang.• Our tiny apartment, it is true, is barely suited for two people, and certainly not for four.• Robyn could barely think, let alone string coherent words together to form an answer.

barely able• His eyes were glassy and he seemed barely able to keep them open.• On my final night I tottered back after two shows barely able to put one knee in front of the other.• Some, because their interests lie elsewhere, may be barely able to read, and their writing may be rudimentary.• By the end of the evening, I was barely able to speak.• The police jeep and Boynes' vehicle were barely able to squeeze past.• Keith and the other man are slipping and sliding, barely able to stand up.• Cantor was barely able to utter this single word, so full of suspense, desire, triumph, and some deviousness.• Soon she was barely able to walk and she had oxygen cylinders fitted in her bedroom.

bare·ly adverbadv

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3192 COCA: 1973

barely

Almost and almost not: almost, nearly, hardly...

Before a time or event: before, first, early...

Words used to describe small amounts and quantities: little, few, slight...

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