barely
英 ['beəlɪ]
美['bɛrli]
- adv. 仅仅，勉强；几乎不；公开地；贫乏地
英英释意
- 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"