• adv. 僅僅，只不過；只是

來自mere,純粹的，僅僅，只不過。

merely (adv.)

mid-15c., "entirely, purely," from mere (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "and nothing more" is from 1580s.

1. The letter merely restated the law of the land.

這封信只不過重復(fù)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(jiān)定我們贏得聯(lián)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(fù)責(zé)執(zhí)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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