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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No, not very. You need a driving permit. Have you got one?
不，不很贵。你需要一个驾驶执照。你有没有？
For all his life, he had known that people suddenly disappeared from their villages.
他一生中，听说过有的人突然间在他们的村庄失踪了。
In September 1888 at the age of 19, he sailed to England and after three years' study became a lawyer.
1888年9月，他19岁时乘船去了英国，并在3年的学习之后成为一名律师。