In those days they could hardly maintain the barest living.

那时候，他们简直不能维持最低的生活。

All that I had I gave to you, keeping but the barest veil of reserve.

我所有的一切，我都已给你，只留下这一层毫无遮掩的矜持的薄纱。

The barest of definition, language is a means of verbal communication.

最简洁的定义：语言是言语交流的一种方式。

Out of the five paintings that the painter devoted to this subject, this is one of the barest.

在五幅以玩牌者为主题的作品中，这是最朴素的作品之一。

The cells draw on many surprising sourcesof light, he said, including some that offer the barest trickle.

这种电池可以利用许多令人惊奇的光源，他表示，包括某些最微弱的光源。

COOK beans at the barest simmer because boiling will break the skins and disintegrate the insides into the cooking water.

煮豆最基本的是要把水煮沸，这是因为要用沸水打破豆皮瓦解大豆肉组织。

Rarely does the narrator comment on or explain a character's actions or thoughts or motives. There's only the barest minimum of dialogue.

作者极少评价或解释一个人物的行为，或思想或动机，文章中只有不能再直白的对话。