barely /ˈbɛəlɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADV You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. 仅仅; 几乎不

  例：

  Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital.

  阿纳斯塔西娅只勉强记得被送到了医院。

  例：

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

  气温是90度，空调几乎没有使房间凉快下来。

• 2. 

  ADV If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. 刚刚 [ADV before v]

  例：

  The water had barely come to a simmer when she cracked four eggs into it.

  水刚开她就打了4个鸡蛋进去。