We had barely enough to live on in those grim depression years . 在经济萧条的那些严酷岁月里,我们的收入只勉强够维持生活。
Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door 他们的工资勉强够维持生活的
She earns barely enough to find herself in the necessaries of life 她挣得钱很少,还不足以维持自己的生活。
After repaying her debt in stools , she was left with 2 cents a day , barely enough to feed herself 在偿还凳子的债务后,她每天只剩两美分,几乎喂不饱自己。
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 几年前她还是挂着名的贫困户,没有个像样的房子,少得可怜的几头牲畜都不够一家人的生计。
barely: adv. 1.仅,好容易才;几乎没有。 2.赤裸裸地,无 ...enough: adj. 充足的,足够的。 enough eggs, e ...barely enough: 仅够barely enough to support oneself: 仅能自给barely enough moisture to produce crops: 水分不足以生长作物barely: adv. 1.仅,好容易才;几乎没有。 2.赤裸裸地,无遮蔽地。 3.公然地,露骨地。 He barely escaped. 他好容易才逃了出来。 There was barely enough for all. 就全体(人数)来说算是勉强够了。 He is barely of age. 他刚成年。 enough: adj. 充足的,足够的。 enough eggs, eggs enough 鸡蛋十分充足〔后者语气较弱〕。 enough noise to wake the dead 吵得死人都不安。 enough and to spare 绰绰有余。 more than enough 太多。 n. 充足,满足,足够。 have enough to eat 有足够的东西吃。 E- of that! 够了,别说了! E- of this folly! 不要再干这种傻事了! Cry ‘enough'! 快认输吧! E- is as good as a feast. 【谚】饱食便是珍馐! 知足常乐。 have enough to do 很吃力 (I had enough to do to catch the tram. 我好容易才赶上电车)。 have had quite [about] enough of 感到厌烦。 adv. 〔用于被修饰语之后〕十分,充分,足,够。 I am warm enough. 我够暖和的。 He was fool (=foolish) enough to agree. 他同意了,真够傻的。 She was clever enough to take the management of her own house. 她很能干,一定会管家。 The meat is roasted just enough. 这肉烤得恰到好处。 Be good [kind] enough to reply early. 请早日赐覆。 be old enough to 已经是可以…的年龄了。 can not ... enough 无论怎样…都不够 (I cannot thank you enough. 感谢不尽)。 curiously [oddly, strangely] enough 〔用作插入语〕说也奇怪,最奇怪的是。 sure enough 确实,果然。 well enough 1. 还不错,还可以。 2. 相当;很,极。 int. 够了!别再说了! enough for: 足够地,充分的enough of it: 够了,停止吧(说话人烦了); 停止吧enough to: 足够not enough: 不够的that’s enough: 真是够了this is not enough: 这样还不够吗barely (l02): 勉强;几乎不barely flow: 明流barely perceptible: 勉强可觉察的barely readable: 勉强可以读数的be barely of age: 刚成年enough is enough: 够了够了; 够了就是够了; 适可而止300barely caught the train: 他勉强赶上火车hebarely even friends: 原本仅是朋友barely know the rudiments of writing2: 粗通文墨barely palpable pulse: 脉微欲绝barely perceptible head-nod: 这个不用翻了fit perfectly barely: 刚合适