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ADV-BRD-NEG
刚刚…（就） 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.
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The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open...
这架波音767刚刚停住，它的舱门就弹开了。
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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。
- Adverb
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1. by a small margin;
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2. in a sparse or scanty way;
- "a barely furnished room"
- synonym： scantily
- 1. He barely caught the train.
- 他勉强赶上火车。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. He can barely form a grammatical sentence.
- 他几乎造不出合乎语法的句子。
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- 3. He did well in mathematics, but barely scraped through in chemistry.
- 他数学考得不错，但化学只是勉强及格。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. He spoke solidly for twenty minutes, barely pausing to draw breath.
- 他足足讲了20分钟，几乎都没有停下来喘一口气。
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- 5. He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.
- 他等电话时跺脚，几乎掩盖不住焦急的心情。
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- 6. He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.
- 他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
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- 7. He waited with barely concealed impatience.
- 他等待着，几乎无法掩饰不耐烦的心情。
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- 8. He was barely listening until the salary was mentioned. Then he pricked up his ears.
- 他几乎没有注意听讲些什么， 但当提到工资时，他却侧耳细听。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 9. Her face was barely discernible in the gloom.
- 在黑暗中几乎辨认不出她的脸来。
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- 10. His French was barely comprehensible.
- 他的法语很难让人明白。
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- 11. His argument was barely intelligible.
- 他的论点不易理解。
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- 12. His handwriting is barely legible.; His handwriting is hard to read.
- 他的字真难认。
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- 13. His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.
- 他的嘴角弯了弯，露出一丝几乎察觉不到的笑容。
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- 14. His room was furnished barely.
- 他房间几乎没什么家具。
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- 15. I can barely credit what he said.
- 我简直不能相信他说的话。
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- 16. I had barely come in when the telephone rang.
- 我刚进来，电话就响了。
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- 17. In August the heat is barely tolerable.
- 8月的炎热让人难以忍受。
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- 18. New Shoreham, now sadly decayed, has barely 100 inhabitants.
- 如今已经衰落的新肖勒姆仅有100 名居民，很令人伤感。
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- 19. The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem.
- 这次调查只是触及了该城市毒品问题的表面。
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- 20. The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.
- 没有出口作物，岛上的居民几乎无法生存。
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