1. only just: use this when you
succeed in doing something, but you want to emphasize how close you were to
failing
例：
It was a close game. Beverly beat me, but
only just. （這場比賽雙方勢均力敵，最后貝弗莉贏了，但也只贏了一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。）
The paperwork was only just completed in
time for the conference. （文件正好趕在開會(huì)前做好了。）
The train was late, and I only just made it
to the meeting on time. （火車晚點(diǎn)了，弄得我差點(diǎn)開會(huì)遲到。）
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2. barely: if you barely do
something, you succeed, although you almost fail
例：
The fog was so bad that we could barely see
the road in front of us. （霧大到幾乎看不清前面的路。）
She?was?barely?aware?of?his?presence.
（她幾乎沒注意到他來了。）?
Joe?and?his?brother?are?barely?on?speaking?terms.
（喬兄弟倆幾乎到了不說話的地步。）?
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3. narrowly:
例：
narrowly win/defeat/fail etc.: if you narrowly win, lose etc., you win or lose by a very small
number of points, votes etc.
The bill was narrowly defeated in the
Senate. （這項(xiàng)法案在參議院差點(diǎn)就通過了。）
She narrowly failed to beat the world
record in the 100 meters sprint. （她差點(diǎn)就打破了百米賽跑的世界紀(jì)錄。）
補(bǔ)充："narrow"也能表示類似的意思，如：
（1）narrow escape: a situation in which you only just avoid danger, difficulties, or
trouble 死里逃生
例：
A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when
her car left the road. （昨天有輛車翻出公路，女司機(jī)死里逃生。）
He was shaken by his narrow escape from
death. （他死里逃生，自己都驚呆了。）
I had several narrow escapes during the
war, at one point just missing death when my plane was shot down. （戰(zhàn)爭中我有幾次死里逃生的經(jīng)歷，有一次我開的飛機(jī)被打下來，我差點(diǎn)就死了。）
（2）narrow
victory/defeat/majority/margin etc.: a win etc.
that is only just achieved or happens by only a small amount?
例：
The president won a narrow victory in the
election. （總統(tǒng)在競選中險(xiǎn)勝。）
He persuaded a narrow majority of the party
to support the government. （他說服政黨里的多數(shù)派支持政府，多數(shù)派與少數(shù)派人數(shù)相差無幾。）
Scotland eventually won the match by the
narrow margin of 5-4. （蘇格蘭隊(duì)最后5:4，一分險(xiǎn)勝。）
備注：
The expression "a narrow
victory/defeat" is used mostly in writing. In everyday British English,
people often say that someone "only just won/lost" or, in everyday
American English, "barely won/lost".
（"a
narrow victory/defeat"常用于書面語中，日?？谡Z中，英式英語常用"only just won/lost"，美式英語中常用"barely won/lost"。）
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4. almost didn't :
備注：英式英語中常用''nearly
didn't''。
例：
I saw him a week ago and I almost didn't
recognize him, he'd lost so much weight. （我一周前見過他，差點(diǎn)沒認(rèn)出來，他瘦了好多。）
My alarm clock is broken and I nearly
didn't wake up in time this morning. （我鬧鐘壞了，今天早上差點(diǎn)起遲了。）
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5. by the skin of your teeth: if you
do something by the skin of your teeth , you succeed in doing it, but only by a
very small amount of time, space etc.
例：
The car broke down on the way to the
airport and they just caught the plane by the skin of their teeth. （去機(jī)場的路上車壞了，他們差點(diǎn)沒趕上飛機(jī)。）
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