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单词 only just
释义

only just

phrase
You can say that something has only just happened when you want to emphasize that it happened a very short time ago.
[emphasis]
I've only just arrived.
The signs of an economic revival are only just beginning.
You're only just back from leave.
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only just

phrase
You use only just to emphasize that something is true, but by such a small degree that it is almost not true at all.
[emphasis]
For centuries farmers there have only just managed to survive.
I am old enough to remember the Blitz, but only just.
'I think we could agree on that one.'—'Only just.'
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Examples of 'only just' in a sentence
only just

Look at Farrell, only just back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Labour insisted the economy was only just back to where it was six months ago.
The Sun (2013)
And yet it was only just enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It went missing three weeks ago but has only just been reported to police.
The Sun (2011)
He was made redundant six months ago after only just buying our first house.
The Sun (2013)
He only just does enough to win so the handicapper is finding it hard to end his winning run.
The Sun (2016)
Their incredible feat a century ago is only just emerging as the diaries and photos of one go up for auction.
The Sun (2012)
The clocks only just went back.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was only just fast enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My wages are only just enough to cover childcare, rent and bills.
The Sun (2014)
This is true, but only just.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I had a quadruple bypass five years ago and am only just getting used to it now.
The Sun (2011)
He has only just got back from the injury he suffered at the end of last season, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's only just grown back.
The Sun (2011)
The Toon star had only just been allowed back into first team training following a three-month exile.
The Sun (2011)
These days we sleep in a super king-size but it's only just big enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Instead, the designers claim will obey the limit because the road width has been reduced to leave vehicles only just enough room to squeeze past each other.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But it would also leave the chamber only just short of 800 members, beyond what some senior peers regard as bursting point.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The temperature was in single figures and the number of West Indies players players available was only just enough to make up a team.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Chinese translation of 'only just'

only just

  1. (= recently) 刚(剛)刚(剛) (gānggāng)
    ⇒ I've only just arrived 我刚刚才到 (wǒ gānggāng cái dào)
  2. (= barely) 勉强(強) (miǎnqiǎng)
    ⇒ Farmers have only just managed to survive 农民们只是勉强维持生计 (nóngmínmen zhǐshì miǎnqiǎng wéichí shēngjì)
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Nearby words of
only just

  • onlooker
  • only
  • "only available on prescription"
  • only just
  • (only) once in a blue moon
  • onset
  • onstage
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