Merely
[ 'mɪrli ]
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adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 词根助记
mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
📝 例句
The difference is merely verbal.
那只不过是言辞上的差异。
A merely seeming swiftness of our vessel will keep him dumb.
如果我们的航船稍微有点摇晃，他就会感到闷闷不乐。
Economics can not stand content merely to describe the truths of life.
经济学不能仅仅满足于描述生活的实际情况。
Are no probabilities to be accepted merely because they are not certainties?
难道仅仅由于事情不具备必然性，我们就不承认它们也有或然性？
Don't strive merely for quantity of production.
在生产中不要单纯地追求数量。
🌱 联想助记
【记】me-我,re-谐音“阿姨”,ly-拼音“龙眼”:我和阿姨只不过在吃龙眼
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
merely
adv only; simply 仅; 只; 不过
I merely asked his name. 我只问了他的名字.
I meant it merely as a joke. 我原意只不过是开个玩笑.
🔁 扩展释义
*['miәli]ad. 只
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If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh.
即使你愿意我六倍于你刚才提出的钱数，我仍然要拿我应得的那一磅肉。
She never pitied me; she never praised me unless what I did was as good as that of the best of a normal person.
她从不怜悯我，她也从不表扬我，除非我所做的事像正常人干的那样出色。
On one hand, I was anxious to leave.
一方面，我急于离开山洞。