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单词 narrowly
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Definition of narrowly in English:

narrowly

adverb ˈnarəʊliˈnɛroʊli
  • 1Only just; by only a small margin.

    刚好;勉强地

    the party was narrowly defeated in the elections

    这个党派在选举中以微弱劣势败北。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Swindon schoolgirl who narrowly missed out on getting top prize in a national spelling competition says she is determined to win next year.
    • A mother believes her toddler escaped serious injury after he narrowly missed swallowing a piece of metal buried in a burger.
    • As the learner driver began to pull over, the man continued crossing the road but the BMW driver pulled out, narrowly missing him.
    • He made to swipe me with the bottle, narrowly missing my face and catching me in the shoulder instead.
    • The horse in its flight narrowly missed two telephone poles, but knocked over the bucket of water with which a woman was cleaning the front steps of her house.
    • A Nissan Micra came screeching off the eastbound carriageway, narrowly missed their patrol car, and rolled up the bank into a field.
    • The ninety mile per hour fastball narrowly missed his head as the young black superstar dropped to the dirt.
    • Police were also called to a building in Northgate in Wakefield city centre after the wind blew off part of the roof, narrowly missing a pedestrian.
    • Later, she claimed, two further women in her party were narrowly missed by a Land Rover.
    • In addition, an almost simultaneous missile attack narrowly missed an Israeli airliner taking off nearby.
    • He cast his line three times, missing narrowly each time.
    • Several windows have been smashed with what is believed to be an airgun; and on one occasion shards of glass narrowly missed one of the tenants.
    • On a road whose width barely allows two cars to pass, this lunatic came hurtling round a blind corner, narrowly missing me.
    • He's leading in New Hampshire narrowly or within the margin of run of most polls.
    • One of his friends, Michael, had his jaw broken and narrowly missed losing an eye, such was the savagery of the attack.
    • Last year she narrowly missed capturing a new time by just 75 minutes.
    • Finally the competition went to sudden death, when the Baltinglass team missed winning the title narrowly.
    • Several of the larger branches I was concerned about are now sitting on the lawn (one narrowly missed a car as it came down).
    • A two-inch nut shattered the window and showered glass into the vehicle as it pulled up outside the school, narrowly missing pupils.
    • As sure a putter as there is in the game, he narrowly missed five putts from inside 10 ft in the first 13 holes in the final round.
    Synonyms
    only just, just, barely, scarcely, hardly, by a hair's breadth, by a very small margin, by the narrowest of margins, by the skin of one's teeth, by a nose
    informal by a whisker
  • 2Closely or carefully.

    严密地;仔细地

    he was looking at her narrowly

    他目不转睛地看着她。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She scanned the baby narrowly, then looked as searchingly at Sandra, whose face was turned to gaze across the fields.
    • Tim watched Anna narrowly as her attention and her hands wandered below his waist.
    • In addition, our attention becomes more narrowly focused on the physical source of our pleasure.
    Synonyms
    closely, carefully, searchingly, scrutinizingly, attentively
    meticulously, scrupulously, painstakingly
  • 3In a limited or restricted way.

    狭隘地;受限地

    narrowly defined tasks

    定得很死的任务。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, rock music, itself a fairly narrow subsection of popular music, is being as narrowly and erroneously defined as religion here.
    • Debriefing can also be more narrowly defined in terms of the procedures used, the information provided and the target population.
    • He argued that all the applicable statutes and treaty obligations can be read in such a way as to define torture very narrowly.
    • Now, though, country defines its influences so narrowly it almost seems inbred.
    • Perfectionists live in a narrowly defined world in which they feel empowered.
    • Some analysts contend they should not be, at least under narrowly defined circumstances.
    • Thirty or so years later we find much of the programming is rather narrowly defined ideologically.
    • Terrorism must be defined far more narrowly than in this proposal.
    • They get to control it, for a limited time and it should be more narrowly limited than it is right now.
    • Humanity is narrowly defined and that is one of our strengths.
    • The grounds for judicial review may be defined more narrowly than that.
    • But historically torture has most often been defined more narrowly, as an aspect of legal systems or of state repression.
    • The law should then be tailored carefully and narrowly in an attempt to deal with those consequences or abuses.
    • It's just that their conception of what constitutes support is limited very narrowly to career advancement.
    • Thus, if there is no class which is defined sufficiently narrowly, it is impossible for the court to craft common issues.
    • They not only define the problem narrowly, but also the solution.
    • The answer to this question depends on how narrowly we define the term.
    • Timeshare law is too narrowly defined, so it excludes contracts of less than 36 months or timeshare on boats.
    • It was not just established states that were eager narrowly to define the right of self-determination as a right end colonial status.
    • The event marker used to qualify clinical segments as softening events may be too narrowly defined.

Definition of narrowly in US English:

narrowly

adverbˈnɛroʊliˈnerōlē
  • 1By only a small margin; barely.

    刚好;勉强地

    he narrowly defeated Anderson to win a 12th term in office
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several windows have been smashed with what is believed to be an airgun; and on one occasion shards of glass narrowly missed one of the tenants.
    • A mother believes her toddler escaped serious injury after he narrowly missed swallowing a piece of metal buried in a burger.
    • Police were also called to a building in Northgate in Wakefield city centre after the wind blew off part of the roof, narrowly missing a pedestrian.
    • On a road whose width barely allows two cars to pass, this lunatic came hurtling round a blind corner, narrowly missing me.
    • Later, she claimed, two further women in her party were narrowly missed by a Land Rover.
    • One of his friends, Michael, had his jaw broken and narrowly missed losing an eye, such was the savagery of the attack.
    • The ninety mile per hour fastball narrowly missed his head as the young black superstar dropped to the dirt.
    • As sure a putter as there is in the game, he narrowly missed five putts from inside 10 ft in the first 13 holes in the final round.
    • Finally the competition went to sudden death, when the Baltinglass team missed winning the title narrowly.
    • Several of the larger branches I was concerned about are now sitting on the lawn (one narrowly missed a car as it came down).
    • He made to swipe me with the bottle, narrowly missing my face and catching me in the shoulder instead.
    • He's leading in New Hampshire narrowly or within the margin of run of most polls.
    • A Nissan Micra came screeching off the eastbound carriageway, narrowly missed their patrol car, and rolled up the bank into a field.
    • A two-inch nut shattered the window and showered glass into the vehicle as it pulled up outside the school, narrowly missing pupils.
    • The horse in its flight narrowly missed two telephone poles, but knocked over the bucket of water with which a woman was cleaning the front steps of her house.
    • He cast his line three times, missing narrowly each time.
    • As the learner driver began to pull over, the man continued crossing the road but the BMW driver pulled out, narrowly missing him.
    • Last year she narrowly missed capturing a new time by just 75 minutes.
    • A Swindon schoolgirl who narrowly missed out on getting top prize in a national spelling competition says she is determined to win next year.
    • In addition, an almost simultaneous missile attack narrowly missed an Israeli airliner taking off nearby.
    Synonyms
    only just, just, barely, scarcely, hardly, by a hair's breadth, by a very small margin, by the narrowest of margins, by the skin of one's teeth, by a nose
  • 2Closely or carefully.

    严密地;仔细地

    he was looking at her narrowly

    他目不转睛地看着她。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tim watched Anna narrowly as her attention and her hands wandered below his waist.
    • In addition, our attention becomes more narrowly focused on the physical source of our pleasure.
    • She scanned the baby narrowly, then looked as searchingly at Sandra, whose face was turned to gaze across the fields.
    Synonyms
    closely, carefully, searchingly, scrutinizingly, attentively
  • 3In a limited or restricted way.

    狭隘地;受限地

    narrowly defined tasks

    定得很死的任务。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Terrorism must be defined far more narrowly than in this proposal.
    • Some analysts contend they should not be, at least under narrowly defined circumstances.
    • He argued that all the applicable statutes and treaty obligations can be read in such a way as to define torture very narrowly.
    • The law should then be tailored carefully and narrowly in an attempt to deal with those consequences or abuses.
    • Humanity is narrowly defined and that is one of our strengths.
    • Now, though, country defines its influences so narrowly it almost seems inbred.
    • Thus, if there is no class which is defined sufficiently narrowly, it is impossible for the court to craft common issues.
    • They get to control it, for a limited time and it should be more narrowly limited than it is right now.
    • Perfectionists live in a narrowly defined world in which they feel empowered.
    • They not only define the problem narrowly, but also the solution.
    • Debriefing can also be more narrowly defined in terms of the procedures used, the information provided and the target population.
    • The answer to this question depends on how narrowly we define the term.
    • The event marker used to qualify clinical segments as softening events may be too narrowly defined.
    • But historically torture has most often been defined more narrowly, as an aspect of legal systems or of state repression.
    • The grounds for judicial review may be defined more narrowly than that.
    • It was not just established states that were eager narrowly to define the right of self-determination as a right end colonial status.
    • Well, rock music, itself a fairly narrow subsection of popular music, is being as narrowly and erroneously defined as religion here.
    • Thirty or so years later we find much of the programming is rather narrowly defined ideologically.
    • Timeshare law is too narrowly defined, so it excludes contracts of less than 36 months or timeshare on boats.
    • It's just that their conception of what constitutes support is limited very narrowly to career advancement.
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