merely

英['mɪəli]美['mɪrli]
  • adv. 仅仅；只不过

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自mere,纯粹的，仅仅，只不过。
      adverb(副词)
      1. （用于强调所说的即为所想表达的）仅仅，只，不过
      2. （用于强调不大，不重要或效果不大）仅仅，只，不过

    双解例句

    adverb(副词)
    1. （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。

    2. （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。

    小知识

    Merely means “only.” If you say “I was merely trying to help,” your efforts were probably not appreciated and you're likely to be stalking off with your nose in the air.

    Merely comes from the Latin merus, (“undiluted”). But “undiluted” is positive — as in, “that's the undiluted truth” — in a way that merely is not. When you use merely, it always has a negative, disapproving tinge to it: You might say, “She was merely a minor player in that drama,” but if you said, “She was merely the star of the show,” you would mean it ironically, since being the star is the most important role.

    实用短语

    1. is merely a gesture

      只是一种姿态,只是一种姿势

    2. merely mediocre

      不过尔尔

    3. merely a play

      仅仅一个发挥,只是一出戏,仅仅一出戏,原来只是一场戏

    4. merely supported end

      自由支撑端

    5. merely blind

      模型钢

    6. so merely has the worship

      心中仅存对未知的景仰

    7. merely fair

      一般水平

    8. merely y

      仅仅,只不过

    9. merely ad

    单词用法

    单词用法
    merely作副词是“仅仅，只不过”的意思，在句中一般修饰谓语动词，有时还可放在名词前修饰名词。
    近义词汇
    only/just

    同义词

    adv.仅仅

    only  /  purely  /  simply  /  barely

    其他释义

    barely  /  but  /  just  /  scarcely  /  purely  /  simply  /  only

    同根词

    词根：mere

    adj.

    mere仅仅的；只不过的

    n.

    mere小湖；池塘