基本介紹
- 外文名：merely
- 詞性：副詞
- 英式音標：[ˈmɪəli]
- 美式音標：[ˈmɪrli]
單詞釋義,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [ˈmɪəli] 美 [ˈmɪrli]
adv. 僅僅，只（用於強調某物小或微不足道）；無非是……，不過是……（指某事的原因或影響）
短語搭配
is merely a gesture 只是一種姿態 ; 只是一種姿勢
Merely mediocre 不過爾爾
Merely a play 僅僅一個發揮 ; 只是一齣戲 ; 僅僅一齣戲 ; 原來只是一場戲
merely supported end 自由支撐端
Merely blind 模型鋼
so merely has the worship 心中僅存對未知的景仰
merely fair 一般水平
merely y 僅僅 ; 只不過
merely ad 僅僅
雙語例句
- Michael is now merely a good friend. 麥可現在只不過是一個好朋友而已。
- These reforms are not merely cosmetic. 這些改革不僅僅是裝點門面的。
- Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism. 占星術只是無害的、讓人逃避現實的消遣方式。
- A written IQ test is merely a guideline. 書面的智商測試只是個參考。
- 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。
- He merely cleared and concreted the floors. 他只是清理了地板並澆上了混凝土。
- That might merely have been malicious gossip. 那可能只是惡意閒言。
- The news merely fortified their determination. 這訊息只是增強了他們的決心。
- He said nothing, merely smiled and watched her. 他什麼也沒說，只是微笑著看著她。
- She realized that Patrick was merely playing with her. 她意識到派屈克只是和她逢場作戲而已。
- He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally. 他是名義上的首長，僅是偶爾簽署法律而已。
- This merely strengthens our resolve to win the pennant. 這只不過堅定了我們贏得錦旗的決心。
- The conference merely pointed up divisions in the party. 這次會議只是顯現了該黨內部的分歧。
- It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business. 希望他只是在招攬生意。
- The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them. 警察不制定法律，只是執行法律。
- The brain accounts for merely three percent of body weight. 大腦僅占體重的3％。
- The difficulties in her way merely strengthened her resolve. 她所遇到的困難只是讓她更加堅定。
- When I finally posed the question, "Why?" he merely shrugged. 當我最終提出“為什麼？”這個問題時，他只是聳聳肩。
- It's merely a question of time before the business collapses. 這家企業的倒閉只是時間問題。
- They agreed to go merely because they were getting paid for it. 他們同意去只是因為他們會得到酬勞。
- She had no appetite, and merely toyed with the bread and cheese. 她沒有胃口，只是撥弄著那些麵包和乳酪。
- Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context. 徵稅原則上不受大眾歡迎，只是聯繫背景看是可接受的。
- For many the philosophy was merely a fashion, and the novelty soon wore off. 對很多人而言這種哲學只是一時時髦，新鮮感很快就消失了。
- In actuality, Ted did not have a disorder but merely a difficult temperament. 事實上，特德並沒有什麼異常而只是脾氣不好。
- The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence. 當局過於懦弱，僅僅譴責了這場暴力行為。
- He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone. 他只是拋出個想法供討論，不是固定不變的。
- The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them. 這個隊需要願意為加拿大比賽的運動員，而不僅僅是願意為任何一個雇用他們的國家去比賽的運動員。
- The council was merely given a condensed version of what had already been disclosed in Washington. 該委員會僅得到了已在華盛頓被披露的內容的一個縮編版。
- Permission for a warehouse development has already been granted and the developers are merely fleshing out the details. 貨倉開發的許可證已獲批准，開發商只是在充實細節。
- I merely glanced over his letter. 他的信我只是馬馬虎虎地看了一下。
