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merely

高中CET4CET6

英[ˈmɪəli]
美[ˈmɪrli]

基本释义

adv.
只不过; 仅仅

实用例句

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

这不仅仅是一份工作,而且是一种生活方式。

牛津词典

He said nothing, merely smiled and watched her.

他什么也没说,只是微笑着看着她。

牛津词典

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

他们同意去只是因为他们会得到酬劳。

牛津词典

I'm merely stating what everybody knows anyway.

我说的不过是些常识。

牛津词典

Michael is now merely a good friend...

迈克尔现在仅仅是个不错的朋友而已。

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

弗朗西斯·沃森远远不止是个家具行家。

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

大脑仅占体重的3%。

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

球队需要的是想为英格兰而战的板球选手,而不是愿为任何国家打球的选手。

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

他所犯的不止是偷窃罪,而是针对老年人的暴力犯罪。

Reading and writing are important skills.

读和写是重要的技能.

辞典例句

Don't strive merely for quantity of production.

在生产中不要单纯地追求数量.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He's not stupid, merely ignorant.

他并不愚蠢, 只是无知.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I am merely reporting what he said.

我只是转述他的话.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

他推说他仅是在遵照命令行事来为自己的行为辩解.

《简明英汉词典》

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

你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?

《简明英汉词典》

The property is merely a trust.

这财产不过是一项委托物.

《简明英汉词典》

His resignation was merely a gesture.

他的辞职只是一种姿态而已.

《简明英汉词典》

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

媒体大量地报道这些事件只会使问题持续下去.

《简明英汉词典》

The article merely rings the changes on a few terms.

这篇文章里颠来倒去就这么几个词.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It is merely [ simply ] a matter of time.

这 仅仅 是时间问题.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Threats merely stiffened his spine.

威胁只能使他更加坚毅.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition.

整个计划只是建立在他的主观臆断上.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

她对这一指控的矢口否认,反倒更使人相信这一指控是真的.

《简明英汉词典》

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

他 嗯 了一声, 就走了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Her illness is merely a device to avoid seeing him.

她所谓生病只不过是避免见他的花招而已.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

"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月四级真题(第二套)阅读 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月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

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

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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 (不断积累) to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's productive citizenry (公民).

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

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月听力原文

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月六级真题(第三套)阅读 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月六级真题(第二套)阅读 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年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文

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

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

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年考研阅读原文

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

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

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

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2009年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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

2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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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