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单词 barely
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barely

Our son who barely spoke had just uttered a really complex thought.Half said they barely know those next door.She was fired, but barely seemed to notice.He'd barely recognise the old place now.And as it turned out, he could barely miss from just a few yards out.The animal enclosures, barely big enough for their inhabitants to turn around in, sit behind the towering circus tent.By then, I could barely remember what it was like to feel well.The band were so slick that you barely noticed them.Her old self is barely visible under deep layers of padding.You have not had the habit for so long you can barely remember it.They had to ask him questions about how he was while he just stood there barely speaking.Those who remember her arrival on the circuit say that they barely recognise the player now.We could barely see or hear each other.Her voice lowers to barely above a whisper.You would barely know he was breathing.She had barely noticed his agony and she had certainly not experienced overwhelming desire.America was barely forty years old when the iron horse galloped into national life.Yesterday she said she barely remembered being ill.Social care must be about more than just keeping people barely alive.He barely brought in enough money to support his large family.They say that you barely feel your first shark bite.He has lost his voice and was barely audible.Rugby players can brawl on a weekly basis and the world barely notices.She claims she barely remembers it because she was so happy at school.Those qualities were instead projected on to a father he had barely known and a figure he invented in fiction.The match was barely three minutes old when the 24-year-old skied an effort from close range.

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barely

British English: barely /ˈbɛəlɪ/ ADVERB
You use barely to say that something is only just true or possible.
She could barely remember going to the hospital.
  • American English: barely
  • Arabic: لا يُكَادُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mal
  • Chinese: 几乎不能
  • Croatian: jedva
  • Czech: sotva
  • Danish: knap dårligt nok
  • Dutch: nauwelijks
  • European Spanish: apenas
  • Finnish: hädin tuskin
  • French: à peine
  • German: kaum
  • Greek: μόλις
  • Italian: appena
  • Japanese: かろうじて
  • Korean: 간신히
  • Norwegian: såvidt
  • Polish: zaledwie
  • European Portuguese: mal
  • Romanian: abia
  • Russian: едва
  • Latin American Spanish: apenas
  • Swedish: knappt
  • Thai: เกือบไม่พอ
  • Turkish: ucu ucuna
  • Ukrainian: ледь
  • Vietnamese: chỉ vừa đủ

Chinese translation of 'barely'

barely

(ˈbɛəlɪ)

adv

  1. (= scarcely) 几(幾)乎不 (jīhū bù)
(adverb) 
Definition
only just
His voice was barely audible.
Synonyms
only just
just
He could just reach the man's head with his right hand.
hardly
Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept.
scarcely
He could scarcely breathe.
at a push
almost not
Opposites
completely
,
amply
,
fully
,
profusely

Additional synonyms

in the sense of hardly
Definition
scarcely
Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept.
Synonyms
barely,
only just,
scarcely,
just,
faintly,
with difficulty,
infrequently,
with effort,
at a push (British, informal),
almost not
in the sense of just
Definition
barely
He could just reach the man's head with his right hand.
Synonyms
barely,
hardly,
only just,
scarcely,
at most,
by a whisker,
at a push,
by the skin of your teeth
in the sense of scarcely
Definition
hardly at all
He could scarcely breathe.
Synonyms
hardly,
barely,
only just,
scarce (archaic),
almost not

Synonyms of 'barely'

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