barely和hardly区别

1.hardly

adv.（副词）

Barely; just.

几乎没有；仅仅：刚刚

To almost no degree; almost not:

几乎不：任何程度上几乎不；几乎没有：

I could hardly hear the speaker.

我几乎听不到演说者的声音

Probably or almost surely not:

可能或几乎肯定不：

“Easily was a man made an infidel, but hardly might he be converted to another faith”(T.E. Lawrence)

“一个人可以轻易地变为不信宗教的人，但几乎不可能转而相信另外一种信仰”(T.E.劳伦斯)

With severity; harshly.

严厉地；粗鲁地

With great difficulty; painfully.

非常困难地；痛苦地

2.barely

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adv.

几乎不能:仅仅, 刚刚,

By a very little; hardly:

仅仅；几乎没有：

could barely see the road in the fog.

在雾中几乎不能看清路

In a scanty manner; sparsely:

简陋地；很少：

a barely furnished room.

陈设简陋的房间。