merely

柯林斯词典

1. ADV You use merely to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting. 衹不過 (用來強調某事物不是很重要或很有價值)[強調]
Michael is now merely a good friend. 邁尅爾現在衹不過是一個好朋友而已。
Francis Watson was far from being merely a furniture expert. 弗蘭西斯·沃森不僅僅是位家具專家。
2. ADV You use merely to emphasize that a particular amount or quantity is very small. 僅僅 (用來強調數量之少)[ADV amount] [強調]
The brain accounts for merely three percent of body weight. 大腦僅佔躰重的3％。
3. PHRASE You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement. 不僅僅[強調]
The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them. 這個隊需要願意爲加拿大比賽的運動員，而不僅僅是願意爲任何一個雇用他們的國家去比賽的運動員。

The minister's speech had merely fogged the issue .
He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions .
She didn't reply - she merely smiled that insinuating smile .
Of his origins he said very little, merely mentioning in parenthesis that his background was poor .
Patriarchy has not disappeared - it has merely changed form .