barely
🇺🇸
/ˈberli/
🇬🇧
/ˈbeəli/
adverb
B2
only just; with great difficulty
We barely made it to the meeting on time.
我们勉强准时赶到了会议。
C1
almost not; hardly at all
There was barely any food left after the party.
派对结束后几乎没剩下什么食物。
C1
only; not more than
He is barely five years old.
他只有五岁。
R
only a moment before
I had barely finished when the phone rang.
我刚完成电话就响了。
translation
勉强地, 几乎不, 仅仅, 刚刚