barely

英 ['be?l?] 美['b?rli]
  • adv. 僅僅，勉強(qiáng)；幾乎不；公開(kāi)地；貧乏地

英英釋意

1. by a small margin;
"they could barely hear the speaker"
"we hardly knew them"
"just missed being hit"
"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
2. in a sparse or scanty way;
"a barely furnished room"