Barely

(adv.) only a very short time before; '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'- W.B.Yeats.

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• He had barely got back, before you got back too. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You've barely time to catch the five-forty. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Though she said she never considered me young, I am barely thirty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Never before have men stood so barely face to face with the community of their interests and their common destiny. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The poles were two hundred feet apart and could barely hold up a wash-line. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A woman answered, and I barely had time to throw myself against the door--she would have been in, in another second. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Many inventors have barely escaped with their lives from the fury of mobs who thought the inventor would take their living from them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Barely, said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, and it will leave my master nigh penniless. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I had then barely time to get my great-coat, lock up the chambers, and make for the coach-office by the short by-ways. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It was barely half-past seven when I went downstairs, but I found them both at the breakfast-table waiting for me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Sir William Siemens had said that the power of all the coal raised in the world would barely represent the power of Niagara. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The women made way for them, but barely sufficient, as if grudging to yield ground. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If a gentle breeze is blowing, a barely perceptible opening of a window will give the needed amount, even if there are no additional drafts of fresh air into the room through cracks. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There is barely room between Jos and Miss Sharp, who are on the front seat. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Nothing but the interest of her twenty thousand pounds--barely enough to pay our daily expenses. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This lowest price is that which barely replaces, with a moderate profit, the stock which must be employed in bringing the commodity thither. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This gentleman looked barely thirty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• His face showed no sign of excitement, though an assistant, standing near him, could barely keep still. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• What if six, continued Wamba, and we as we now are, barely two--would you not remember Locksley's horn? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Something must be done with Maggy too, who at present is--ha--barely respectable, barely respectable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The same tree, Anselmo said so low Jordan could barely hear him and he knew he was speaking without moving his lips as he had spoken that first day. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• One of the maidens presented a silver cup, containing a rich mixture of wine and spice, which Rowena barely put to her lips. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But it is barely possible that an accident may happen. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Edison, barely twenty-one years old, was a keen observer of the stirring events around him. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This notion had barely struck me--when who should appear at the end of the shrubbery walk but Rosanna Spearman in her own proper person! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I should not, perhaps, have to make the sacrifice long, as it wanted now barely three months to his departure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• We had barely taken our seats when he said to Mr. Jarndyce quite triumphantly, You would hardly suppose that I am Mrs. Bayham Badger's third! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• One by one, however, the ships managed to dip below the crests of the outlying hills until only one barely moving craft was in sight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• These did occasionally wink a little, as the hot air barely moved their faint leaves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• At the time Edison was born, in 1847, telegraphy, upon which he was to leave so indelible an imprint, had barely struggled into acceptance by the public. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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