merely 详细解释

merely

['miəli]

adv.仅仅, 只不过

ad.

只是, 仅仅, 不过

That was merely a guess of mine.

那只是我的一种猜测。

词义辨析

同义:

ad.仅仅

simply  only  purely  barely  

同义参见:

just  but  scarcely  

英英释义

副词 merely:

and nothing more

同义词：simply, just, only, but

补充

merelymerely英:[ˈmiəli] 美:[ˈmɪrli]adv.1.仅仅, 只不过I merely suggested you should do it again.There's no need to get annoyed.我只是建议你应该重新做, 你用不着为此而不高兴。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?

例句

1. merely because you believe a thing is right, it isn't automatically so.不是说仅仅因为你相信一件事是正确的, 它就一定是正确的。 2. We accept these ideas merely because they have never been challenged.我们接受这些观点仅仅是因为它们从未被质疑过。 3. The brain constitutes merely three per cent of body weight.大脑仅占体重的3％。 4. He's merely a good friend.他只是一个好朋友。 5. He was far from being merely a furniture expert.他绝不仅仅是一位家具专家。 6. January was merely a month away.离一月份仅仅剩下一个月的时间了。 7. she seemed to him not merely an intelligent woman, but a kind of soulmate.在他看来，她不仅是个聪明女子，还可说是精神伴侣。 8. I don't want to place an order. I am merely making an enquiry.我不是要订货，只不过询问一下罢了。 9. This is merely a minor delay.只不过拖延了一点点。 10. They were merely children when their father died.父亲去世的时候他们还只是孩子。 11. Was it merely a coincidence?这难道只是巧合吗？ 12. It was merely a suggestion.不过是建议一下而已。 13. She got the job merely because her father owns the company. [=the only reason she got the job was because her father owns the company]她能得到这份工作无非是因为她老爸是公司老板。 14. Your essay merely hints at the real problem.你的文章只是暗示了一下真正的问题。 15. You shouldn't blame her. She was merely following orders. [=she was following orders and not doing anything more than that]你不应该指责她，她不过是服从命令而已。 16. I'm not criticizing you. I'm merely suggesting that we try a new approach.我不过是建议我们尝试一种新方法，并不是批评你。 17. "He was not merely a great baseball player, he was also a great person."他不仅棒球打得好，为人也很好。

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