barely
单词辨析：
指不太充分、不太够，或不能令人满意，强调数量或程度上不足，常与 enough，sufficient，any 等词连用。
This small country has scarcely any industry.
这个小国家几乎没有工业。
The hall is so crowded that there is scarcely sufficient room for one to move.
大厅里人山人海，简直无法走动。
Scarcely a day goes by when I don't think of her.
我几乎没有一天不想她。
指勉强能达到某一数量、程度等，表示肯定意义，强调没有富余。
They had barely enough money to pay the rent.
他们的钱刚好够付租金。
She is now barely able to stand.
她现在勉强能站立。
Barely any of the villagers can read or write.
那里的村民粗通文字而已。
The manager barely acknowledged her presence.
经理只略微向她打了个招呼。
指接近最低限度，几乎没有富余，或指能力上有困难，表示否定意义，常与 any，ever，at all 或情态动词 can 连用。
I'm so tired that I can hardly walk.
我很累，简直走不动了。
He's hardly slept at all this week.
这星期他几乎没睡什么觉。
There is hardly any milk left.
几乎没剩什么牛奶了。
I can hardly remember him now.
如今我已几乎记不得他了。
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He spoke abruptly, in barely comprehensible Arabic.
他突然开口了，说的却是几乎听不懂的阿拉伯语。
Pasternak gave him a barely perceptible smile
帕斯特纳克给了他一个几乎无法察觉的微笑。
Through the smoky prism of time, I could just barely make out my father as a young man.
时间模糊了记忆，我几乎想不起父亲年轻时的样子。
He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him
他极费力地拖着那条中毒的腿走路。
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。
Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital
阿纳斯塔西娅几乎记不起来怎么去的医院。