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merely的意思

adv. 僅僅，只不過,只是,純粹,全然

merely用法

merely可以用作副詞

merely作副詞是“僅僅,只不過”的意思,在句中一般修飾謂語動詞,有時還可放在名詞前修飾名詞。

Not merely位于句首時可引起主語和謂語部分倒裝。

merely無比較級和最高級形式。

merely用作副詞的用法例句

They are not merely content to fill the stomach.他們不僅僅滿足于填飽肚子。

I accepted this job merely for the high salary.我僅僅是因為高薪才接受了這份工作。

She is merely a child.她只不過是個孩子。

merely例句

1.He’s a mere cipher in the company.他在公司里是個無足輕重的小人物。

2.His offers of compromise were mere rhetoric.他提出的妥協(xié)只是廢話

3.We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我們不可全憑臆測來指責(zé)他。

4.She married a foreigner for mere lucre.她僅僅為錢財而嫁給了一個外國人。

5.It is a mere matter of time.這僅僅是時間的問題。

6.I don't believe it; it's merely hearsay.我不相信, 那僅是謠傳罷了。

7.The quarrel rose from a mere trifle.爭吵由小事引起。

8.Affections of manner and speech are mere frippery.態(tài)度和語言的做作只是矯飾而已。

9.They were mere puppets manipulated by other men.他們只不過是受人操縱的傀儡而已。

10.The problem merely ramified after the unsuccessful meeting.那次不成功的會議后，問題變得更加復(fù)雜了

11.Your scheme is merely a castle in the air.你的計劃只不過是空中樓閣。

12.They are not merely content to fill the stomach.他們不僅僅滿足于填飽肚子。

13.The lecturer merely scratched the surface of the subject.演講人僅僅抓到該題目的一點皮毛。

14.The newspaper's charges of official wrongdoing were mere allegations.報紙對官方不良行為的指摘不過是主觀臆測而已

15.The suppression of the revolt took a mere two days.鎮(zhèn)壓叛亂只用了兩天時間。

16.The boss kissed the other performers off as mere amateurs.老板認(rèn)為其他的演員只有業(yè)余水平而把他們打發(fā)掉了。

17.That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不過是重復(fù)了你以前講的話。

18.The President's visit to the slums was a mere pose.總統(tǒng)到貧民區(qū)去訪問只不過是做做樣子罷了。

19.He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.他說那棟新建筑只是模仿古典傳統(tǒng)。

20.Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence.她對這一指控的矢口否認(rèn),反倒更使人相信這一指控是真的。