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barely

英 ['beəlɪ] 美['bɛrli]
英语单词barely
  • adv. 仅仅,勉强;几乎不;公开地;贫乏地

英语释意


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"