The air is so black with diesel fumes and coal dust, I can barely see.

The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.

委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。

Through the smoky prism of time, I could just barely make out my father as a young man.

时间模糊了记忆，我几乎想不起父亲年轻时的样子。

Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.

戴夫背部拉伤，几乎没法踢球。

The food at the hotel was barely edible.

这家旅馆的食物简直不能入口。

I had barely come in when the telephone rang.

我刚进来,电话就响了.

There was a barely veiled hostility in her tone.

她语气中带着几乎未加掩饰的敌意.

The room is barely furnished.

室内几乎没有陈设.

The shore was barely visible through the fog.

在雾里海岸不可见.

We barely had time to catch the train.

我们差点没赶上火车。

The project was barely in embryo.

该计划只是个雏形.

The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.

没有出口作物,岛上的居民几乎无法生存.

His argument was barely intelligible.

他的论点不易理解.

He was barely listening until the salary was mentioned. Then he pricked up his ears.

他几乎没有注意听讲些什么,但当提到工资时,他却侧耳细听.

He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.

他等电话时跺脚,几乎掩盖不住焦急的心情.

He barely caught the train.

他勉强赶上火车.

His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.

他的嘴角弯了弯,露出一丝几乎察觉不到的笑容.

His handwriting is barely legible.

他的字真难认.

Their performance is barely satisfactory.

他们的表演尚差强人意.

Struggling with all his might was barely enough for him to escape in time.

如果他竭尽全力,也许可以勉强及时逃脱.

Professor Richard Falk said Israel was allowing in barely enough food to avoid famine and disease.

理查德·法克教授表示,以色列是想用几乎不够的食物来避免饥荒和疾病.