每天三分钟学英语 第262期:英文"仅仅"只会说only?"几乎"只知道almost?

 情景对话：

You wanna talk awful? You wanna go there?

Try dragging 200 pounds of stink¹ up a flight of stairs.

I barely² got him in the bathtub!

知识点笔记：

1、“几乎不”

【例句一】

She barely acknowledge³ his presents.

她只是略微地向他打了个招呼。

【例句二】

There's barely any smell.

几乎没有什么味道

2、“勉强才”

（费好大劲才）

【例句】

We barely had the time to catch the train.

我们勉强赶上火车。/我们差点没赶上火车。

3、“仅仅”

【例句一】

We have barely 10 ten people attending the event. This is a failure.

仅有10个人参加了这次活动，真失败。

【例句二】

He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company.

他刚刚20岁就已经经营了自己的公司。

4、“刚刚”

【例句一】

I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.

我刚开始讲话，他就打断了我。

【例句二】

Mike had barely finished his coffee when Henry returned.

Mike刚刚喝完咖啡，Henry就回来了。

1 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

2 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

3 acknowledge   

vt.承认...的权威，告知，收到，报偿

参考例句：

• With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error.在这么多的证据面前，他不得不承认错误。
• It is ungracious of me not to acknowledge your help.你大力帮助而我尚未表示谢意，十分失礼。