mere

形容词纯粹的; 仅仅，只不过; 小的，轻微的

名词小湖，池塘; 〈英〉边境（线）

1. 仅仅的：mercy 慈悲 | mere 仅仅的 | merely 仅仅

2. 仅仅的;纯粹的：greedy 貪食的, 渴望的 | mere 僅僅的,純粹的 | profit 利潤,有利于

3. 池沼：mercury vapor survey 汞蒸汽测量 | mere 池沼 | meridian line 子午线

4. 纯粹的,仅仅的：mercy 仁慈,宽恕 | mere 纯粹的,仅仅的 | merely 仅仅,只不过

1. 只不过;仅仅
    You use mere to emphasize how unimportant or inadequate something is, in comparison to the general situation you are describing.

    e.g. ...successful exhibitions which go beyond mere success...
           不仅仅是成功而是大获成功的展览
    e.g. There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease...
           身体健康不仅仅指不生病，还包括更多。

2. 极小的，微不足道的，单单(表示虽小却有重要影响)
    You use mere to indicate that a quality or action that is usually unimportant has a very important or strong effect.

    e.g. The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs...
           单单提到食物就引起了阵阵饥饿感。
    e.g. Whenever there was a gap in the traffic the merest pressure on the accelerator was enough to close it...
           每当车流里出现了一点儿空距，只要稍稍一踩油门，空距就没有了。

3. 只不过，仅仅(用于强调数量之小)
    You use mere to emphasize how small a particular amount or number is.

    e.g. Sixty per cent of teachers are women, but a mere 5 percent of women are heads and deputies...
           有60%的教师是女性，但是担任校长和副校长的女性仅占5%。
    e.g. Tickets are a mere £7.50 at the door...
           门口买票只要7.5英镑。

1. mere

1. It's time for Hong Kong to seriously look beyond mere language skills to compete for a piece of the action.

2. They seem to have forsaken their cardinal responsibility as scientists who should place the general good of society above their mere research interests.

3. The Chinese will definitely benefit more by investing in the downstream cassava industry rather than mere imports of the harvested tubers.

4. mere什么意思

4. But the property is a mere hour's drive from central Beijing, and there are more surprises when you get there.

5. mere是什么意思

5. But a mere change of name will not bring equal rights or fair treatment.

6. There is the clean slate of training camp, which now is mere days away.

7. Nice warm leather boots can be picked up for a mere 100 yuan, with a good thick winter coat costing maybe half that.

8. mere

8. Even the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia each have 88 floors, which surely can not have been a mere coincidence!

9. mere

9. Is it a mere compulsion of the social environment in which they live?

10. It is obvious that the objective of achieving electronic governance goes far beyond mere computerization of government office operations.

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