"they could barely hear the speaker"
"we hardly knew them"
"just missed being hit"
"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
in a sparse or scanty way;
"a barely furnished room"
barely的用法和样例:
例句
用作副词 (adv.)
He is so weak that he can barely stand up. 他身体虚弱几乎站不起来。
I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me. 我刚刚开始讲话,他便打断了我。
We had barely enough money to last through the weekend. 我们的钱只能勉强维持到周末。