Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3192
barely
几乎不；简直不；勉强
Almost not at all; to a very small degree.
- 1.
By a small margin.
勉强,仅仅。
- 2.
only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats
刚刚
- 3.
Almost not at all.
几乎不。
- 4.
in a sparse or scanty way
稀少地
- 5.
Recently, just now.
刚刚,刚才。
仅仅；差一点；勉强；刚刚；才；刚才；稀疏地；贫乏地；简陋地；勉强,仅仅。；刚刚
In use
I barely slept last night because of the noise.
She barely passed the exam, scoring just 60 points.
The room was barely lit by a single candle.
they could barely hear the speaker
a barely furnished room
barely + verb
表示动作几乎未完成。
She barely passed the exam.
她几乎没通过考试。
barely + adjective
表示状态几乎不成立。
The room was barely warm.
房间几乎不暖和。
Connections
Collocations
- barely audible
- 几乎听不见的
- His voice was barely audible over the noise.他的声音在噪音中几乎听不见。
- barely visible
- 几乎看不见的
- The stars were barely visible through the clouds.星星在云层中几乎看不见。
- barely enough
- 刚刚够
- We had barely enough food for the trip.我们的食物刚刚够这次旅行。
- barely survive
- 勉强生存
- The company barely survived the financial crisis.这家公司勉强度过了金融危机。
- barely move
- 几乎动弹不得
- After the long run, she could barely move.长跑之后，她几乎动弹不得。
- barely notice
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将“barely”拆为“bare”（空的）加“ly”，想象一个几乎空空的箱子，里面只有一点点东西，即“几乎不”。
Context & Register
通常表示‘几乎不’或‘仅仅’，多用于时间或程度不足，正式与非正式场合皆可。
Grammar Note
常与 any, ever, at all 等连用，表示否定意义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with 'barely' (same /ɛərli/): fairly, rarely, squarely. Note that 'fairly' is spelled with 'air' instead of 'are'. Be careful with 'barley' (/ˈbɑːrli/), which looks similar but sounds different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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