记忆方法
将“barely”想象成一个人几乎只穿着“bare”（光溜溜）的衣服，但衣服仅剩一线（ly）遮体，暗示这个动作或状态几乎接近无（bare）或者几乎没有（ly）。这种方法通过视觉联想帮助你记忆“barely”这个表示“几乎不”或“勉强”的副词。
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英语词源
- barely (adv.)
- Old English bærlice "openly, clear, public;" see bare (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "only, just" is recorded from late 15c.; that of "merely, simply" is from 1570s. In 15c. it also could mean "naked."
权威例句
- 1. Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
- 戴夫背部拉伤，几乎没法踢球。
- 2. There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen.
- 两个男孩想趁人不备偷偷溜走几乎是来不及的。
- 3. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
- 委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
- 4. Barely had the bulldozers started when Museum of London archaeologists swooped.
- 推土机刚一启动，伦敦博物馆的考古学家们就蜂拥而至了。
- 5. Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.
- 母亲身材矮小，只有5英尺高。