一、詳細釋義：


adv.

僅僅，勉強；幾乎不，幾乎沒有


例句：

It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.

當時氣溫達到了90度，空調也不能讓房間涼快多少。


例句：

He has barely enough money to live on.

他的錢僅夠勉強維持生計。


貧乏地；赤裸裸地，無遮蔽地


例句：

The room was furnished barely but neatly.

房間陳設十分簡陋，但很整潔。


例句：

Statistics can barely capture the legacy of 50 years of lies and fear.

統(tǒng)計數字能赤裸裸地顯示50年的謊言與恐懼帶來的后果。


公然地，公開地，露骨地


例句：

He stated the unpleasant facts barely.

他公開地說出不愉快的事實。


例句：

The facts are presented barely, without any comments.

事實原原本本擺了出來，沒有加任何評論。


二、詞義辨析：


hardly,scarcely,barely

這些副詞均含“幾乎不”之意。 hardly指接近最低限度，差不多沒有多余，強調困難和程度。 scarcely指不太充分，不太夠，不足，不能令人滿意，強調數量。 barely指僅僅夠，一點不多，強調沒有多余。


三、參考例句：


They barely have electricity.

他們幾乎沒有電。


His French was barely comprehensible.

他的法語很難讓人明白。


The room was furnished barely but neatly.

房間陳設十分簡陋，但很整潔。


So far the effect is barely measurable.

迄今為止，效果微乎其微。


There followed a barely audible burp.

接著是幾乎聽不見的打嗝聲。


At times, the heat was barely tolerable.

有時天氣熱得幾乎令人難以忍受。


Enjoyment is barely even a factor.

快樂甚至僅僅是一個因素。


But average wages have barely budged.

平均工資卻幾乎沒有變化。


The article was barely stitched together.

明顯是由幾篇文章拼湊起來的一篇文章。


It looks like it's barely enough!

看上去好像非常勉強！