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barely + verb
表示动作几乎未完成。
She barely passed the exam.
她几乎没通过考试。
几乎不；简直不；勉强
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几乎不；简直不；勉强
Almost not at all; to a very small degree.
She barely passed the exam.
她几乎没通过考试。
勉强,仅仅。
By a small margin.
刚刚
only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats
几乎不。
Almost not at all.
稀少地
in a sparse or scanty way
I barely slept last night because of the noise.
因为噪音，我昨晚几乎没睡。
AI contextual example
She barely passed the exam, scoring just 60 points.
她勉强通过了考试，只得了60分。
AI contextual example
The room was barely lit by a single candle.
房间仅被一支蜡烛微弱地照亮。
AI contextual example
they could barely hear the speaker
他们几乎听不到演讲者的声音
WordNet
表示动作几乎未完成。
She barely passed the exam.
她几乎没通过考试。
表示状态几乎不成立。
The room was barely warm.
房间几乎不暖和。
强调数量刚好达到最低限度。
We have barely enough money to pay the rent.
我们的钱几乎不够付房租。
表示几乎没有。
There is barely any food left.
几乎没剩下任何食物。
Not this
She barely to understand the question.
Use this
She barely understands the question.
中文学习者常将副词“barely”后错误地加“to”构成不定式，但“barely”是副词，直接修饰动词，动词应用适当的人称和时态形式。
Not this
I barely didn't have enough time.
Use this
I barely had enough time.
“barely”本身表示“几乎不”，是否定词，不可再与否定词“not”连用，否则构成双重否定，导致意义相反。应直接使用肯定结构表达“几乎没时间”的原意。
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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。
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。
刚刚够
We had barely enough food for the trip.
我们的食物刚刚够这次旅行。
勉强生存
The company barely survived the financial crisis.
这家公司勉强度过了金融危机。
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。
几乎没注意到
I barely noticed the change in his mood.
我几乎没有注意到他情绪的变化。
我几乎无法呼吸
And I can barely breathe when you're gone
当你离开时，我几乎无法呼吸
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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”。
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。
常与 any, ever, at all 等连用，表示否定意义。
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