| 词组 | barely |
| 释义 | barely ◊ 'bare' Bare is an adjective. If something is bare, it has no covering. The doctor stood uneasily on the bare floor. He put his hand on my bare leg. ◊ 'barely' Barely is an adverb. It has a totally different meaning from bare. You use barely to say that something is only just true or possible. He was so drunk he could barely stand. The otter was barely two months old. ◊ WARNING You do not use 'not' with barely. You do not say, for example, 'The temperature was not barely above freezing'. You say 'The temperature was barely above freezing'. If you use an auxiliary or modal with barely, you put the auxiliary or modal first. You say, for example, 'He can barely read'. You do not say 'He barely can read'. The story of this star had barely begun. He could barely get his words out. Barely is sometimes used in longer structures to say that one thing happened immediately after another. For example, you can say 'We had barely started the meal when Jane arrived'. The ship had barely cleared the harbour when an Italian customs cutter raced after her. I had barely said my name before he had led me to the interview room. Note that you use when or before after barely. You do not use 'than'. You do not say, for example, 'We had barely started the meal than Jane arrived'. |
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