mere
adj. 仅仅,只不过; 小的,轻微的; 纯粹的
n. 小湖,池塘; 〈英〉边境(线)
You use mere to emphasize how unimportant or inadequate something is, in comparison to the general situation you are describing.
...successful exhibitions which go beyond mere success...
不仅仅是成功而是大获成功的展览
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。
You use mere to indicate that a quality or action that is usually unimportant has a very important or strong effect.
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。
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。
You use mere to emphasize how small a particular amount or number is.
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%。
Tickets are a mere £7.50 at the door...
门口买票只要7.5英镑。
1. a small pond of standing water
1. being nothing more than specified;
2. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
What he has said is a mere commonplace view.
他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已.
The President's visit to the slums was a mere pose.
总统到贫民区去访问只不过是做做样子罢了.
It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
与一个如此不讲道理的人争论纯粹是浪费口舌.
The trial was a mere farce.
那次审判简直是胡闹.
They were mere puppets manipulated by other men.
他们只不过是受人操纵的傀儡而已.