【barely】 - A-level备考词汇

barely

UK:  ['beə(r)li]

US:  ['berli]

adv.

1.几乎不,差点儿不,几乎还没有

2.仅,好容易才;几乎没有

3.只,仅仅,只限于;勉强

4.不,不再,不会,不堪

5.仅仅;公开

6.赤裸裸地,无遮蔽地

7.公然地,露骨地

8.依稀

9.淡淡地

10.模模糊糊地

1 . In late summer, as Europe's economies barely ticked over, bankers across Europe seemed ready to ease their grip on the purse strings.
在仲夏时节，当欧洲经济远没有空闲下来，欧洲的银行家们似乎准备放松他们对钱包的控制。

2 . He said he had stolen the food because his mother was starving to death and there was barely any food left in the house.
他说他偷食物是因为他的妈妈快饿死了，家里几乎一点吃的都没有了。

3 . Barely a year after she set up the FI Group, later called Xansa, she gave birth to her only child, Giles.
就在她创立Xansa公司的前身FI集团的一年后，Stephanie诞下了她的独子Giles。

4 . By the end of his matches he could barely limp around the court, much less move with the agility and speed the sport requires.
比赛结束后，他几乎不能绕赛场跛行，更别说做出比赛所需的敏捷、快速的动作了。

5 . As the mispronounced and barely intelligible words were dragged out of him, he became instant prey for his classmates.
因为他的发音不准且很难从他的嘴巴里吐出清楚的字眼来，他马上就成了同学们欺负的对象。