一、详细释义：


adv.

仅仅，勉强；几乎不，几乎没有


例句：

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

当时气温达到了90度，空调也不能让房间凉快多少。


例句：

He has barely enough money to live on.

他的钱仅够勉强维持生计。


贫乏地；赤裸裸地，无遮蔽地


例句：

The room was furnished barely but neatly.

房间陈设十分简陋，但很整洁。


例句：

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

统计数字能赤裸裸地显示50年的谎言与恐惧带来的后果。


公然地，公开地，露骨地


例句：

He stated the unpleasant facts barely.

他公开地说出不愉快的事实。


例句：

The facts are presented barely, without any comments.

事实原原本本摆了出来，没有加任何评论。


二、词义辨析：


hardly,scarcely,barely

这些副词均含“几乎不”之意。 hardly指接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，强调困难和程度。 scarcely指不太充分，不太够，不足，不能令人满意，强调数量。 barely指仅仅够，一点不多，强调没有多余。


三、参考例句：


They barely have electricity.

他们几乎没有电。


His French was barely comprehensible.

他的法语很难让人明白。


The room was furnished barely but neatly.

房间陈设十分简陋，但很整洁。


So far the effect is barely measurable.

迄今为止，效果微乎其微。


There followed a barely audible burp.

接着是几乎听不见的打嗝声。


At times, the heat was barely tolerable.

有时天气热得几乎令人难以忍受。


Enjoyment is barely even a factor.

快乐甚至仅仅是一个因素。


But average wages have barely budged.

平均工资却几乎没有变化。


The article was barely stitched together.

明显是由几篇文章拼凑起来的一篇文章。


It looks like it's barely enough!

看上去好像非常勉强！