merely基本解释
adv.仅仅；只不过
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adv
1. and nothing more
e.g. I was merely asking
it is simply a matter of time
just a scratch
he was only a child
hopes that last but a moment
Synonym: simplyjustonlybut
1. 只不过;仅仅
You use merely to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting.
e.g. Michael is now merely a good friend...
迈克尔现在仅仅是个不错的朋友而已。
e.g. Francis Watson was far from being merely a furniture expert...
弗朗西斯·沃森远远不止是个家具行家。
2. 只不过，仅仅(用于强调数量之小)
You use merely to emphasize that a particular amount or quantity is very small.
e.g. The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.
大脑仅占体重的3%。
3. 不仅仅
You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
e.g. The team needs players who want to play cricket for England, not merely any country that will have them...
球队需要的是想为英格兰而战的板球选手，而不是愿为任何国家打球的选手。
e.g. His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people.
他所犯的不止是偷窃罪，而是针对老年人的暴力犯罪。
1. 仅仅,只不过：mere 仅仅的;纯粹的 | merely 仅仅,只不过 | merge (使)合并
2. 只：menace 威胁 | merely 只 | merge 合并
3. 只是：fumbled 漏接 | merely 只是 | tapped 挖掘
Things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.
出自：Hamlet,ShakespeareReaders also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad.
读者也趋向于分享令人快乐和兴奋的文章, 或者是激发负面情绪的文章, 比如生气或者焦虑, 但是不愿意分享只让他们难过的文章。
2016全国卷3
Under existing law, NHS trust "controlled" the data and DeepMind merely "processed" it.
根据现行法律，国民保健服务信托“控制”数据，而DeepMind只是“处理”数据。
2018英语一
Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption.
仅仅帮助送礼者接近其他官员，而没有有明确的意图向这些官员施压，这不算腐败。
2017英语一
Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can't be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.
深度阅读需要的不仅仅只是时间，而是一种通过提高阅读效率来获得的特殊时间。
2016英语二
