1 . The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.
提到約翰就真的讓人心痛。
來自柯林斯例句
2 . The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs.
單單提到食物就引起了陣陣饑餓感。
來自柯林斯例句
3 . He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother.
跟他哥哥一比,他不過是個小毛孩。
來自柯林斯例句
4 . It is too early to say whether the threats are mere sabre-rattling.
現在斷言這些威脅是否只是虛張聲勢還為時過早。
來自柯林斯例句
5 . Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?
他的晉升是證明了少數族裔的進步,還是僅僅為了裝點門面?
來自柯林斯例句
語源
late Middle English (in the senses pure and sheer, downright): from Latin merusundilutedOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meerlake and German Meersea, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian moreand Latin mareMaori
英英釋義網絡釋義
noun
1.a small pond of standing water
2.being nothing more than specified;
a mere child
3.apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; aman of talent tries to use it . ( Arthur Schopenhauer , Germanphilosopher )普通人只想到如何度過時間,有才能的人設法利用時間。(德國哲學家叔本華.A.)
+mere stone
1 . 界石
mere right 名義權利mere stone 界石mere 僅僅的
+mere right
1 . 名義權利
mercy 仁慈mere right 名義權利mere stone 界石
+not merely
1 . 不僅僅是
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible ., 當前實際存在而不僅僅是潛在的或者可能的.