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詞彙精選:barely的用法和辨析

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一、詳細釋義:

詞彙精選:barely的用法和辨析

adv.

僅僅,勉強;幾乎不,幾乎沒有


例句:

It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.

當時氣溫達到了90度,空調也不能讓房間涼快多少。


例句:

He has barely enough money to live on.

他的錢僅夠勉強維持生計。


貧乏地;赤裸裸地,無遮蔽地


例句:

The room was furnished barely but neatly.

房間陳設十分簡陋,但很整潔。


例句:

Statistics can barely capture the legacy of 50 years of lies and fear.

統計數字能赤裸裸地顯示50年的謊言與恐懼帶來的後果。


公然地,公開地,露骨地


例句:

He stated the unpleasant facts barely.

他公開地說出不愉快的事實。


例句:

The facts are presented barely, without any comments.

事實原原本本擺了出來,沒有加任何評論。


二、詞義辨析


hardly,scarcely,barely

這些副詞均含“幾乎不”之意。hardly指接近最低限度,差不多沒有多餘,強調困難和程度。scarcely指不太充分,不太夠,不足,不能令人滿意,強調數量。barely指僅僅夠,一點不多,強調沒有多餘。


三、參考例句:


They barely have electricity.

他們幾乎沒有電。


His French was barely comprehensible.

他的法語很難讓人明白。


The room was furnished barely but neatly.

房間陳設十分簡陋,但很整潔。


So far the effect is barely measurable.

迄今爲止,效果微乎其微。


There followed a barely audible burp.

接着是幾乎聽不見的打嗝聲。


At times, the heat was barely tolerable.

有時天氣熱得幾乎令人難以忍受。


Enjoyment is barely even a factor.

快樂甚至僅僅是一個因素。


But average wages have barely budged.

平均工資卻幾乎沒有變化。


The article was barely stitched together.

明顯是由幾篇文章拼湊起來的一篇文章。


It looks like it's barely enough!

看上去好像非常勉強!