mere

美 [m?r] 　英 [m??(r)]

• adj.只不過；僅僅的；只憑…就足以
• n.小湖；池塘
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)純粹的；只不過的

詞形變化

同義詞

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

If this had been a mere financial crisis, it would be over by now.

如果這僅僅是一場金融危機(jī)，那么到現(xiàn)在就該已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。

Some hire people to be mere order-takers or cash register operators. But that's not what selling is all about.

有些商店請人來接受顧客購買或操作收銀機(jī)。但那不是銷售的全部。

Ts'ui Pen was a fine novelist but he was also a man of letters who, doubtless, considered himself more than a mere novelist.

彭寂是個(gè)天才的小說家，但也是一個(gè)文學(xué)家，他絕不會認(rèn)為自己只是個(gè)寫小說的。

The mere prospect of a deal seems to be forcing both sides to buck up their business, though.

然而，僅僅是這筆交易的可能性，似乎就正迫使雙方加強(qiáng)自身業(yè)務(wù)。

But space is so great that the stars seem to us to be mere specks in the sky.

但是太空如此的廣闊，對于我們，星星看起來僅僅是天空中的斑點(diǎn)。

A measure of that restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social value, more noble than mere monetary profits.

衡量這重建的尺度是我們體現(xiàn)比金錢利益更高尚的社會價(jià)值的程度。

The Delegation considered that the mere existence of an exclusive right to own IP did not necessarily mean anti-competitiveness.

該代表團(tuán)認(rèn)為，知識產(chǎn)權(quán)專有權(quán)的存在并不一定意味著反對競爭。

I first saw the Eskimo, and will, I suppose, always first see what I first saw there, as if the Indian was mere afterthought.

我第一眼看到愛斯基摩人，那么我猜每次再看到也會第一時(shí)間想起它，至于印第安人永遠(yuǎn)只能是事后煙。

To say the least, it was a big surprise to find out that sharks were being taken by an octopus - a mere invertebrate.

到最后，他們驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)鯊魚被一只章魚獵殺了–只是一只無脊椎動物。

Needless to say, the examples of borrowing from American quoted in the preceding pages are a mere fraction of what might be adduced.

不用說，前面所引的借自美國的詞語的種種例子僅僅是可以引證的一小部分。

He said he spent a mere $150, 000 on his Iowa campaign, and a third of those who voted for him paid for their own tickets.

他說，他在艾奧瓦的選戰(zhàn)中只花費(fèi)了區(qū)區(qū)15萬美元，有三分之一投他票的人是自己花錢買的入場券。

The spirit of the age tends to doom the lawyer to a narrow life of practice, the business man to a mere money-making career.

時(shí)代的精神注定要把律師限定在事務(wù)所的狹小天地里，而商人則成了純粹的賺錢職業(yè)。

Sometimes it is mere coincidence that the application seems to work correctly even with bad memory errors close to the starting point.

有時(shí)一開始即使使用了錯(cuò)誤的內(nèi)存，應(yīng)用程序似乎也能正常工作。

A mere reduction absenteeism does not provide solid evidence for the proposition that robots would be better than humans for factory work.

純粹減少曠工現(xiàn)象不足以提供有力的證據(jù)，來證明機(jī)器人比人類能更好地從事工廠工作這一命題。

The mere mention of his name was enough to put the devotees of Davos and other such gatherings into a swoon.

僅僅提一下他的名字就足以使達(dá)沃斯和其他這樣的集會的支持者高興不已。

To work as an inducement, the food must be good: a mere dry biscuit is no longer sufficient to get a single bottom on to a single seat.

要起到引誘作用，食物必須美味：只供應(yīng)干巴巴的餅干已不再足以吸引人落座了。

Before I could come to any conclusion it occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

還不等我決定是談還是不談，我就看出來了，說也罷，或者沉默也罷，我的任何其他行動都不過是徒勞。

If anyone lift the cloth from the face of that unpleasant thing it will be in gratification of a mere morbid curiosity.

如果誰將這個(gè)不悅的玩樣兒臉上的布掀開，那它會因?yàn)?/c>一種病態(tài)的好奇而心感滿足。

Another participant concurred, adding that this might help steer political parties towards policy formulation rather than mere opposition.

有嘉賓表示同意，并補(bǔ)充這建議將有利于引導(dǎo)政黨多做政策制訂工作，而不純?nèi)?/s>作為反對派。

The reason his wife left him was that she couldn't bear being treated as a mere drudge.

他的妻子不堪忍受被當(dāng)作苦工役使，因而離開了他。

Monsieur the Marquis ran his eyes over them all, as if they had been mere rats come out of their holes.

侯爵老爺的眼睛掃過他們全體，好象他們都不過是跑出洞外的耗子。

He stopped for a minute, for the mere act of speaking was fatiguing to him after the excitement of the last few weeks.

他說到這里，停了一停，因?yàn)?/c>經(jīng)過最近幾個(gè)星期的刺激，他連講話的力氣都沒有了。

It seems to be the mere rarity that attracts the average collector.

而收藏家的興趣似乎僅在于它是否罕見。

When I knew them but as mere strangers, they had inspired me with genuine affection and admiration.

在她們還只是作為陌生人和我相識的時(shí)候，就已經(jīng)引起了我由衷的愛和崇敬。

It does not belong to a mere fallible human being to question the ways of divine providence.

易犯錯(cuò)誤的世人懷疑天佑之道是不適當(dāng)的。

This equipment should utilize the advancements of science and convert them from mere scientific discoveries to useful applications.

這種電子設(shè)備需要利用科研成果，使其從單純的科學(xué)發(fā)明變?yōu)?/c>實(shí)際的應(yīng)用。

You said to me once that pathos left you unmoved, but that beauty, mere beauty, could fill your eyes with tears.

你有一次對我說過：你對悲哀無動于衷，可美、光是美，會使你熱淚盈眶。

We try to avoid extrapolating a flu epidemic from mere anecdotal evidence.

我們試著避免從偶發(fā)的情況去推斷流感傳染病情。

Suddenly, I felt that I was a mere intruder; I became even shyer than Madame Curie.

我突然覺得我只不過是一個(gè)不速之客；我感到比居里夫人更羞怯。

Clearly in such cases the sophisticated methodology is exploited as mere window dressing for decisions already made.

顯然，在這種情況下，這種復(fù)雜的方法只是用來為早已作出的決策裝飾門面罷了。

All these battles were mere skirmishes as compared to the great campaign that Johnson waged for the three-cent fare.

所有這些戰(zhàn)斗，與約翰進(jìn)行的爭取三分錢車費(fèi)的偉大斗爭相比，則是小巫見大巫。

His inspection was concluded in a mere glance.

他的檢查工作只不過是掃了一眼就結(jié)束了。

I believe this is not a mere freak of nature but a gigantic monument.

我確信這不是大自然的鬼斧神工，而是一個(gè)巨大的人工雕像。

You consider crime a mere spasmodic disease.

你們認(rèn)為犯罪只不過是一種突發(fā)性的疾病。

I admit that Talbot is a mere fighting animal.

我承認(rèn)，太而博不過是一頭能廝殺的動物。

Mere talk and no action won't do.

只說不做，那是不成的。

It lasted a mere dozen years.

它只持續(xù)了區(qū)區(qū)十二年。

His speech was mere wind.

他的演說只是一些空話。

I perceive I have said that in mere convention!

我明白，我說這句話，完全是習(xí)俗使然！

I wanted her far away from me, so unattainable that she could continue as the mere memory she had become and remained all these years.

我想要她離我遠(yuǎn)一些，遠(yuǎn)到她沒法繼續(xù)與我維系這層關(guān)系，因?yàn)?/c>她變成了純粹的記憶，而且這么多年就是這樣保持著。

Like any other major economy, China has no interest in being a mere buyer of others' goods.

與其他任何主要經(jīng)濟(jì)體一樣，中國對僅僅成為其他國家產(chǎn)品的購買者不感興趣。

Spam coming out of China has consistently dropped over the last several months as well, now resting at a mere three percent.

來自中國的垃圾郵件在過去的幾個(gè)月中一直在下降，現(xiàn)在穩(wěn)定在3%。

Moreover, from the mere inspection of Cosette's toilet, a woman would have recognized the fact that she had no mother.

其實(shí)，只要對珂賽特的衣著隨便看一眼，一個(gè)女人便能看出她是沒有母親的。

but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect for elders-as if mere age were a reason for respect.

但我不會而求助于尊重長輩之類的陳詞濫調(diào)-似乎只要年老受到尊重的理由。

For some, however, marginality was more than a mere circumstance; it was a way of life.

對一些人而言，邊緣并不只是環(huán)境，這是一種生活方式。

I'm your mayor, and ready to do all I can, but I stand alone with a mere pitiful veto right.

我是你們的市長，我準(zhǔn)備盡我的一切力量，但是我是孤立的，我只有一種可憐的否決權(quán)。

It is no less than blackmail to ask such a price for a mere vase.

區(qū)區(qū)一花瓶索要如此高價(jià)，簡直是敲詐。

A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show.

如果沒有愛情和愛人的存在，生命只不過是一部幻燈片而已。

And even though it's unlikely he'll win anything at the Olympics, the mere fact that he's there at all seems to be enough.

雖然他在奧運(yùn)會上獲得獎(jiǎng)牌的希望很渺茫，但是他能參賽本身已經(jīng)足夠了。

Thus, it was evident that mere nonuse of the property as a road did not establish that the condition had been broken.

所以，很明顯，僅僅沒有將土地用于道路，不能認(rèn)為條件被打破。

And that date could move up to 2026 if China lets its currency appreciate by a mere 2 percent a year.

如果中國讓人民幣每年升值2%，那么日期可以推前到2026年。

But it seems to me that mere "hard-working" is not enough.

但是，在我看來，僅僅依靠我們“賣力工作”是不夠的。

If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.

只是摸一摸就給我帶來如此多的快樂，如果能看到的話，我將發(fā)現(xiàn)多少美麗啊！

GDP per head, a mere $4, 000, is not even one-tenth that of the U. S. and ranks around 100th place in the world.

人均GDP僅為4,000美元，還不足美國的十分之一，排世界第100位左右。

I may have been just a mere boat captain, but he treated me as if I was nothing!

我可能只是一個(gè)普普通通的船長，但是他卻視我如無物！

Alibaba Group 'has no interest in turning the company into a mere money-making machine, ' Mr. Ma wrote in his email to employees.

馬云在寫給員工的電子郵件中說，阿里巴巴集團(tuán)決不想把公司變成僅僅是賺錢的機(jī)器；

While man's desire to explore the earth's bottom is just as great as reaching its top, the ocean floor is no mere curiosity.

盡管人類探測地球之底的欲望與登上世界之巔一樣強(qiáng)烈，但想要到達(dá)大洋底部單靠強(qiáng)烈的好奇心遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠。

In one with broken receptors, a mere 6% is enough to overload other tissues to the point where lipids would be toxic.

但是在受體受損的老鼠體中，哪怕飲食中的脂肪含量只有6%，也足夠使其他組織中的脂質(zhì)多到產(chǎn)生毒性。

Only since animals are mere shadows, God has not made them capable of education in the full sense of the word; what is the use?

不過，既然禽獸只是一種暗示，上帝就沒有要改造它們的意思；再說，改造禽獸又有什么用呢？