We had barely enough to live on in those grim depression years . 在經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條的那些嚴(yán)酷歲月里,我們的收入只勉強(qiáng)夠維持生活。
Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door 他們的工資勉強(qiáng)夠維持生活的
She earns barely enough to find herself in the necessaries of life 她掙得錢很少,還不足以維持自己的生活。
After repaying her debt in stools , she was left with 2 cents a day , barely enough to feed herself 在償還凳子的債務(wù)后,她每天只剩兩美分,幾乎喂不飽自己。
A sis family was terribly poor . with a hovel for a home and a few scrawny animals to depend on , there was barely enough to keep body and soul together 幾年前她還是掛著名的貧困戶,沒有個像樣的房子,少得可憐的幾頭牲畜都不夠一家人的生計。
barely: adv. 1.僅,好容易才;幾乎沒有。 2.赤裸裸地,無 ...enough: adj. 充足的,足夠的。 enough eggs, e ...barely enough: 僅夠barely enough to support oneself: 僅能自給barely enough moisture to produce crops: 水分不足以生長作物barely: adv. 1.僅,好容易才;幾乎沒有。 2.赤裸裸地,無遮蔽地。 3.公然地,露骨地。 He barely escaped. 他好容易才逃了出來。 There was barely enough for all. 就全體(人數(shù))來說算是勉強(qiáng)夠了。 He is barely of age. 他剛成年。 enough: adj. 充足的,足夠的。 enough eggs, eggs enough 雞蛋十分充足〔后者語氣較弱〕。 enough noise to wake the dead 吵得死人都不安。 enough and to spare 綽綽有余。 more than enough 太多。 n. 充足,滿足,足夠。 have enough to eat 有足夠的東西吃。 E- of that! 夠了,別說了! E- of this folly! 不要再干這種傻事了! Cry ‘enough'! 快認(rèn)輸吧! E- is as good as a feast. 【諺】飽食便是珍饈! 知足常樂。 have enough to do 很吃力 (I had enough to do to catch the tram. 我好容易才趕上電車)。 have had quite [about] enough of 感到厭煩。 adv. 〔用于被修飾語之后〕十分,充分,足,夠。 I am warm enough. 我夠暖和的。 He was fool (=foolish) enough to agree. 他同意了,真夠傻的。 She was clever enough to take the management of her own house. 她很能干,一定會管家。 The meat is roasted just enough. 這肉烤得恰到好處。 Be good [kind] enough to reply early. 請早日賜覆。 be old enough to 已經(jīng)是可以…的年齡了。 can not ... enough 無論怎樣…都不夠 (I cannot thank you enough. 感謝不盡)。 curiously [oddly, strangely] enough 〔用作插入語〕說也奇怪,最奇怪的是。 sure enough 確實,果然。 well enough 1. 還不錯,還可以。 2. 相當(dāng);很,極。 int. 夠了!別再說了! enough for: 足夠地,充分的enough of it: 夠了,停止吧(說話人煩了); 停止吧enough to: 足夠not enough: 不夠的that’s enough: 真是夠了this is not enough: 這樣還不夠嗎barely (l02): 勉強(qiáng);幾乎不barely flow: 明流barely perceptible: 勉強(qiáng)可覺察的barely readable: 勉強(qiáng)可以讀數(shù)的be barely of age: 剛成年enough is enough: 夠了夠了; 夠了就是夠了; 適可而止300barely caught the train: 他勉強(qiáng)趕上火車hebarely even friends: 原本僅是朋友barely know the rudiments of writing2: 粗通文墨barely palpable pulse: 脈微欲絕barely perceptible head-nod: 這個不用翻了fit perfectly barely: 剛合適