mere
adj. 僅僅,只不過; 小的,輕微的; 純粹的
n. 小湖,池塘; 〈英〉邊境(線)
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...
不僅僅是成功而是大獲成功的展覽
There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease...
身體健康不僅僅指不生病,還包括更多。
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...
單單提到食物就引起了陣陣飢餓感。
Whenever there was a gap in the traffic the merest pressure on the accelerator was enough to close it...
每當車流裡出現了一點兒空距,只要稍稍一踩油門,空距就沒有了。
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%的教師是女性,但是擔任校長和副校長的女性僅佔5%。
Tickets are a mere £7.50 at the door...
門口買票只要7.5英鎊。
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.
他所說的不過是塵俗之見而已.
The President's visit to the slums was a mere pose.
總統到貧民區去訪問只不過是做做樣子罷了.
It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
與一個如此不講道理的人爭論純粹是浪費口舌.
The trial was a mere farce.
那次審判簡直是胡鬧.
They were mere puppets manipulated by other men.
他們只不過是受人操縱的傀儡而已.