Old English b?rlice "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."
雙語例句
1. Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
戴夫背部拉傷，幾乎沒法踢球。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen.
兩個男孩想趁人不備偷偷溜走幾乎是來不及的。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
委員會幾乎還沒有在這個問題上取得任何進(jìn)展。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Barely had the bulldozers started when Museum of London archaeologists swooped.
推土機(jī)剛一啟動，倫敦博物館的考古學(xué)家們就蜂擁而至了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.