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,bare-'knuckle (also .bare-'knuckled) adj. [only before noun] (of a boxer or boxing match 拳击手■或拳击比赛） without gloves不带拳击手套的

bare-ly /'beali; NAmE 'berli/ adv. 1 in a way that is just possible but only with dif^culty 仅仅；刚刚；勉邊可 能：rhe music was bardy audiWe.音乐声“强能听见。

◊ She w〇5 barely abie to stand.她勉强能站立。〇We barely had time to catch the train.

2 in a way that almost does not happen or exist /L 不；几乎沒有：She barely acknowledged his presence. 她只略微向 I丁了个招呼。◊. There. was hardy any smeH. 几乎没古# 么.气3 just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.)刚好；不超过（.某 个知量、年龄、时间壽）：Barely 50% of the population voteci. 50% 如义S票。◊ He was hardy _20 years oZd

and aZready running his own company.他只有 20 岁，却 已经营起自己的公司了。◊ rh^y arrived bareiy a minute Zater.过了不到一分‘ 4 们就到了。4 only a very short time before 刚才；刚刚：I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.我刚刚开始语话，他便打断了 我：note at hardly

barf /ba:f; NAmE ba:rf/ verb [V] {NAmE, informal) to vomit 呕吐► barf noim [U]

barfly /'baiflai; NAmE 'ba:r-/ noun {pi. -ies) [informaf) a person who spends a lot of time drinking in Sars 酒吧

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bar-gain 〇*w /'baigan; NAmE 'bairgen/ noun, verb

鼸 notin 1 a thing bought for less than the usual price 减价品；便宜货：I picked up a few good bargains in the sak我在减价期间买了几样挺不错的便宜货。◊ 77ie car w〇5 a bargain at that price.那辆车的价格真便宜。o bargain prices 2 ~ (with sb) an agreement between two or more people or groups, to do sth for each other 协议；交易：ffe and /iis partner Ziad made a bargain to teZZ each other everything.他和他的合伙人约定，要互 通信息，毫无保留。◊ I’ve done what J promised and J expect you to keep your side of the bargain (= do what you agreed in return)•我已经履约，希望你也能遵守协 iSC_〇0 Finally the two sides struck a bargain (= reached an agreement).双方最终达成了协议，iT^l into the bargain (Srf) {NAmE also in the 'bargain) (used to emphasize an extra piece of information 强调额夕卜的 信i) also; as well 另外；而且；也：Volunteers 〖earn a bt and enjoy t/iemseZves into the bargain.志愿者在学到 很多东西的同时还能得到乐趣。一 more at hard 〇办，

STRIKE V.

■ verb [V] ~ (with sb) (about/over/for sth) to discuss prices, conditions, etc. with sb in order to reach an agreement that is acceptable (与某人就某事）讨价还价，商讨条件 negotiate ： He said he wasn’t prepared to bargain•他说他不愿讨价还价。.◊ J/i the market deaZers were bargaining with growers over the price of coffee. 在市场上经销商正和种植者就咖啡的价格进行商谈。 ■d:i:yi .bargain sth^a'way to give sth away and not get sth of equal value in return 做亏本交易；贱卖： They felt that their leaders had bargained away their freedom.他们认为他们的领导人以牺牲他们的自由做了次 易。'bargain for/op sth (usually in negative sentences 通常用于否定句）to expect sth to happen and be prepared for it 预•到；4想到：We hadn’t bargained jbr this sudden change in t/ie weather.我们'没有预料到这 样的天气突变。.◊ VWien he agreed to answer a /ew questions, he got more than he bargained for (= he got more questions, or more difficult ones, than he had expected).他同意回答几个问题，不料却招来f 一堆难以 回答的问题。◊[+. - i ng]7 didn ’t bargain on /ind/ng them here as weH•我没想到还会在这里遇到他们。◊ J hadn’t bargained on them being here•我没想到他们会在这里。 .bargain 'basement noun a part of a large shop/ store, usually in the floor below street level, where goods are sold at reduced prices (商场的）地下减价商 品部：bargain-basement prices减价部的价格 'bargain hunter noun a person who is looking for goods that are good value for money, usually because they are being sold at prices that are lower than usual减价品搜寻者；专买便宜货者► 'bargain hunting noun [U]