narrowly

• adv. 仔細(xì)地；勉強(qiáng)地；狹窄地；嚴(yán)密地

來自narrow,狹窄，引申義勉強(qiáng)的。

narrowly (adv.)

Old English nearolice "narrowly, closely, strictly;" see narrow (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "only by a little" is attested from 1550s.

1. I narrowly missed a cyclist who wobbled into my path.

我險些被一個搖搖晃晃迎面而來的騎車人撞倒。

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2. They're making judgments based on a narrowly focused vision of the world.

他們的判斷是基于一種狹隘的世界觀。

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3. She hurled the ashtray across the room, narrowly missing my head.

她用力把煙灰缸從房間那頭扔過來，差點(diǎn)砸到我的腦袋。

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4. Five firemen narrowly escaped death when a staircase collapsed beneath their feet.

他們腳下的一段樓梯坍塌時,5名消防隊員險些喪命。

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5. The People's Party is narrowly behind the Socialists in the polls.

民意測驗中人民黨以微弱票數(shù)之差排在社會黨人之后。

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