barely

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

Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital. 阿纳斯塔西娅只勉强记得被送到了医院。

It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room. 气温是90度，空调几乎没有使房间凉快下来。

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. 刚刚[ADV before v]

The water had barely come to a simmer when she cracked four eggs into it. 水刚开她就打了4个鸡蛋进去。