barely

1. ADV You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. 僅僅; 幾乎不

Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital. 阿納斯塔西婭衹勉強(qiáng)記得被送到了毉院。

It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room. 氣溫是90度，空調(diào)幾乎沒(méi)有使房間涼快下來(lái)。

2. ADV 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. 剛剛[ADV before v]

The water had barely come to a simmer when she cracked four eggs into it. 水剛開(kāi)她就打了4個(gè)雞蛋進(jìn)去。