| 词汇 | merely |
| 释义 | merely adverb uk /ˈmɪə.li/ us /ˈmɪr.li/ merelyadverb (ONLY)B2 used to emphasize that you mean exactly what you are saying and nothing more: （用于强调所说的即为所想表达的）仅仅，只，不过 I wasn't complaining, I merely said that I was tired.我不是抱怨，我只不过是说我累了。 I didn't say that you had to go - I merely suggested that you might want to go.我不是说你必须去，我只是说你也许会想去。 The minister's speech had merely fogged the issue. He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.他称这座新楼的风格毫无新意，并说它只不过是对古典传统建筑的拙劣模仿。 She didn't reply - she merely smiled that insinuating smile.她没有直接回答——只是露出了那种意味深长的微笑。 Of his origins he said very little, merely mentioning in parenthesis that his background was poor.关于他的身世他谈得很少，只是附带地提到他家境贫寒。 Patriarchy has not disappeared - it has merely changed form.父权制并没有消失——只不过是改变了形式。 Merely and barely all all of somethingidiom at a pinchidiom barely but by a whiskeridiom by inchesidiom hardly ill inch just little mere merest narrowly nothing more thanidiom only pinch scarcely whisker merelyadverb (NOT LARGE/IMPORTANT)C2 used to emphasize that something is not large, important, or effective when compared to something else: （用于强调不大，不重要或效果不大）仅仅，只，不过 The medicine won't cure her - it merely stops the pain.这种药物不会治愈她的疾病，不过是止痛而已。 Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory marginal meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere picture piddling piddly piffling play second fiddleidiom unserious unseriousness venial vestigial vestigially You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Merely and barely merely | American Dictionarymerely adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈmɪər·li/ only; and nothing more: I merely said that I was tired. These columns have no function and are merely decorative. Examples of merelymerely Accordingly, we cannot assume linear effects of change merely on the basis of the particular choices of tools that have been made in these countries. Printers at this time did not bind books, they merely supplied loose quires which the stationers or the owner could bind themselves. In this case the expectant void is merely an extension of the roadie cabaret. In examining the effects of negative input, it is not sufficient merely to examine improvements in the grammaticality of child speech. Neither are children actually exposed to merely strings. If the gravamen of offense is merely that the conduct displeases many people, then it is not clear that wrongdoing has occurred at all. She might say that he is merely excused. Tiebreaking r ules merely change the location of the indeterminacy. They must experience the obligations as personal, as linking each member to each other member, not as linking each member merely to the center. We merely point out that strong bias is neither necessary nor sufficient for low sample complexity. Conversely, the interpretation of a suppressed subject can be generalized so that it acquires an ' indefinite agentive ' or even merely ' indefinite ' meaning. They do not merely record frequency; they categorize frequently occurring patterns, abstract, and generalize from them. The communal virus is not merely viewed in the context of power politics. There is, they think, a problem about the way in which we connect human agency with embodiment ; and the problem furthermore is not merely theoretical. In sum, literal representationism is nonexplanatory, and as-if representationism is merely illustrative with respect to basic individual cognition. See all examples of merely These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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