merely

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基本釋義

adv.
只不過; 僅僅

實(shí)用例句

It is not merely a job, but a way of life.

這不僅僅是一份工作,而且是一種生活方式。

牛津詞典

He said nothing, merely smiled and watched her.

他什么也沒說,只是微笑著看著她。

牛津詞典

They agreed to go merely because they were getting paid for it.

他們同意去只是因?yàn)樗麄儠?huì)得到酬勞。

牛津詞典

I'm merely stating what everybody knows anyway.

我說的不過是些常識(shí)。

牛津詞典

Michael is now merely a good friend...

邁克爾現(xiàn)在僅僅是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的朋友而已。

Francis Watson was far from being merely a furniture expert...

弗朗西斯·沃森遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止是個(gè)家具行家。

The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.

大腦僅占體重的3%。

The team needs players who want to play cricket for England, not merely any country that will have them...

球隊(duì)需要的是想為英格蘭而戰(zhàn)的板球選手,而不是愿為任何國家打球的選手。

His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people.

他所犯的不止是偷竊罪,而是針對(duì)老年人的暴力犯罪。

Reading and writing are important skills.

讀和寫是重要的技能.

辭典例句

Don't strive merely for quantity of production.

在生產(chǎn)中不要單純地追求數(shù)量.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

He's not stupid, merely ignorant.

他并不愚蠢, 只是無知.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

I am merely reporting what he said.

我只是轉(zhuǎn)述他的話.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

In justification of his conduct, he pleaded that he was merely obeying orders.

他推說他僅是在遵照命令行事來為自己的行為辯解.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?

你是真的想去呢,還是僅僅為了表示友好?

《簡明英漢詞典》

The property is merely a trust.

這財(cái)產(chǎn)不過是一項(xiàng)委托物.

《簡明英漢詞典》

His resignation was merely a gesture.

他的辭職只是一種姿態(tài)而已.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.

媒體大量地報(bào)道這些事件只會(huì)使問題持續(xù)下去.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The article merely rings the changes on a few terms.

這篇文章里顛來倒去就這么幾個(gè)詞.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

It is merely [ simply ] a matter of time.

這 僅僅 是時(shí)間問題.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Threats merely stiffened his spine.

威脅只能使他更加堅(jiān)毅.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition.

整個(gè)計(jì)劃只是建立在他的主觀臆斷上.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence.

她對(duì)這一指控的矢口否認(rèn),反倒更使人相信這一指控是真的.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He merely said, " H'm " , and went away.

他 嗯 了一聲, 就走了.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Her illness is merely a device to avoid seeing him.

她所謂生病只不過是避免見他的花招而已.

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

"Say, you know, this is the best student I've ever had," says Kuheli Dutt, a social scientist and diversity officer at Columbia University's Lamont campus. "Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intel

2017年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: The candidate was productive,or intelligent,or a solid scientist or something that's clearly solid praise, but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind.

2017年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

However, merely having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age.

2016年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show- they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

This isn't a lament (傷感) - or not merely a lament - for bygone times.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不斷積累) to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's productive citizenry (公民).

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.

出自-2010年12月聽力原文

Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

That's why, for example, may say they believe in the benefits of recycling or exercise, but don't behave in line with their views, because it takes awareness, effort and courage to go beyond merely stating that you believe something is a good idea.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad.

2016年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

You are not paying all or your tuition to merely go to class, study, pass tests and graduate.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestra’s repertoire will not be enough.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

This doesn’t, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the justices found.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can't be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.

2020年考研真題(英語一)翻譯 Section Ⅲ

Merely expanding the orchestra's repertoire will not be enough.

2011年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the Justices found.

2017年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really for, not merely how much of it there is.

2009年考研真題(英語一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

This doesn't, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless.

2015年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adverb
  • 1. and nothing more;

    "I was merely asking"

    "it is simply a matter of time"

    "just a scratch"

    "he was only a child"

    "hopes that last but a moment"

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