单词：merely
音标：['miәli] ；
柯林斯词典等级：3 级；
牛津三千核心词汇；
adv. 只
r. and nothing more
考试类型：[高考/四级/六级/考研]
词性分布：
merely的用法和样例：
例句
用作副词(adv.)
- They are not merely content to fill the stomach.他们不仅仅满足于填饱肚子。
- I accepted this job merely for the high salary.我仅仅是因为高薪才接受了这份工作。
- She is merely a child.她只不过是个孩子。
- I merely suggest you should do it again.我只是建议你重新做这件事。
常见句型
用作副词(adv.)
用作状语- I merely suggested you should do it again.There's no need to get annoyed.我只是建议你应该重新做,你不需要为此而不高兴。
- We can't go into all the details of that case now,I merely mention it in passing.我们现在不能讨论这一案例的所有细节,我只是顺便说一下。
- They were so poor that they did not live but merely existed.他们穷得只能算生存,不能算生活。
- The television program is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.这个电视节目不仅是为了娱乐而且是为了教育而设计的。
- Education does not mean merely feeding the students with facts.教育并不仅仅意味着向学生传授知识。
- It occurred to us that we were merely duplicating their research.我们想到我们仅仅在重复他们的研究。
- He walked as if nothing had happened to his leg, but everyone could see that he was merely acting the part.虽然他走路时腿好像没有什么毛病,但是大家都看得出来他是装的。
- It is no use merely mentioning the fact in passing; it needs to be driven home by emphasis and repetition.只是顺便提到这个事实,那是没有用处的; 必须通过强调以及重复的方式使人理解。
- The tourists dismissed the Irish weather as merely wet and cold.旅游者认为爱尔兰的天气又冷又潮,很不可取。
- She's merely a child.她只不过是个孩子。
- It is merely a suggestion.这不过是个建议。
- That is merely an academic discussion.这只是一个理论性的讨论。
- Language is speech, writing is merely a device for recording speech.语言是说的话,文字只是记录言语的一种手段。
词汇搭配
用作副词 (adv.)
～+动词- merely accept仅仅接受
- merely account仅仅说明
- merely add仅仅加
- merely begin仅仅开始
- merely choose仅仅选择
- merely devise仅仅设计
- merely exist仅仅生存
- merely face只不过面对
- merely feed仅仅传授
- merely found仅仅发现
- merely hesitate只不过犹豫
- merely joke只不过开玩笑
- merely mend仅仅康复
- merely mention只不过提到
- merely provide仅仅提供
- merely suggest仅仅建议
经典引文
Things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.
出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare