merely
英 ['m??l?]
美['m?rli]
- adv. 僅僅，只不過；只是
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中文詞源
merely 純粹地，僅僅
來自mere,純粹的，僅僅，只不過。
英文詞源
- merely (adv.)
- mid-15c., "entirely, purely," from mere (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "and nothing more" is from 1580s.
雙語例句
- 1. The letter merely restated the law of the land.
- 這封信只不過重復了一下土地法。
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- 2. This merely strengthens our resolve to win the league.
- 這只會更加堅定我們贏得聯賽的決心。
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- 3. The King has merely given the politicians enough rope to hang themselves.
- 國王只不過是給了這些政客自縛的繩子。
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- 4. The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them.
- 警察并不制定法律，只是負責執行。
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- 5. You are merely reciting facts that you have learned by rote.
- 你只是在背誦自己死記硬背下來的東西。
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