英汉词典

mere 基本解释

• adj. 仅仅的；只不过的
• n. 小湖；池塘
• n. (Mere)人名；(日)目连(姓)；(西)梅雷

mere 词态变化

mere 中文词源

来自拉丁语merus,明亮的，纯的，不掺假的，来自PIE*mer,发光，照耀，词源同morning.引申词义纯粹的，后用于副词仅仅，只不过。比较very,just.

来自mere,海，湖，池塘，来自Proto-Germanic*mari,海，来自PIE*mori,海，湖泊，词源同mare,marsh.后用于指湖，池塘。

mere 英文词源

mere

mere: see mermaid

mere (adj.)

c. 1400, "unmixed, pure," from Old French mier "pure" (of gold), "entire, total, complete," and directly from Latin merus "unmixed" (of wine), "pure; bare, naked;" figuratively "true, real, genuine," probably originally "clear, bright," from PIE *mer- "to gleam, glimmer, sparkle" (cognates: Old English amerian "to purify," Old Irish emer "not clear," Sanskrit maricih "ray, beam," Greek marmarein "to gleam, glimmer"). Original sense of "nothing less than, absolute" (mid-15c., now only in vestiges such as mere folly) existed for centuries alongside opposite sense of "nothing more than" (1580s, as in a mere dream).

mere (n.)

Old English mere "sea, ocean; lake, pool, pond, cistern," from Proto-Germanic *mari (cognates: Old Norse marr, Old Saxon meri "sea," Middle Dutch maer, Dutch meer "lake, sea, pool," Old High German mari, German Meer "sea," Gothic marei "sea," mari-saiws "lake"), from PIE *mori- "sea" (cognates: Latin mare, Old Church Slavonic morje, Russian more, Lithuanian mares, Old Irish muir, Welsh mor "sea," Gaulish Are-morici "people living near the sea").

mere 英文释义

1. a small pond of standing water

mere 双语例句

1. The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.

提到约翰就真的让人心痛。

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2. 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。

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3. He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother.

跟他哥哥一比，他不过是个小毛孩。

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4. It is too early to say whether the threats are mere sabre-rattling.

现在断言这些威胁是否只是虚张声势还为时过早。

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5. Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?

他的晋升是证明了少数族裔的进步，还是仅仅为了装点门面？

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mere 实用场景例句

It took her a mere 20 minutes to win.

她只花了20分钟就赢了。

牛津词典

A mere 2% of their budget has been spent on publicity.

他们的预算开支只有2%用于宣传。

牛津词典

He seemed so young, a mere boy.

他看来那么年轻，只是个孩子。

牛津词典

You've got the job. The interview will be a mere formality.

你已经得到了这份工作。面试不过是个形式。

牛津词典

His mere presence (= just the fact that he was there) made her feel afraid.

他当时在场，这就足以让她害怕了。

牛津词典

The mere fact that they were prepared to talk was encouraging.

他们愿意商谈，这就很不错了。

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The mere thought of eating made him feel sick.

他一想到吃饭就觉得恶心。

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The merest (= the slightest) hint of smoke is enough to make her feel ill.

最细微的一丝烟就能使她感到不舒服。

牛津词典

...successful exhibitions which go beyond mere success...

不仅仅是成功而是大获成功的展览

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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%。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tickets are a mere £7.50 at the door...

门口买票只要7.5英镑。

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Interfaces describe a set of functionality, or a contract.

接口描述了一系列功能, 或者是约定.

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What he has said is a mere commonplace view.

他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已.

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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.

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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.

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The trial was a mere farce.

那次审判简直是胡闹.

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They were mere apprentices to piracy.

他们干海盗仅仅是嫩角儿.

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This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper.

这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文.

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Mere talk and no action won't do.

只说不做,那是不成的.

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The boss kissed the other performers off as mere amateurs.

老板认为其他的演员只有业余水平而把他们打发掉了.

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He is already assured of the job and his interview is a mere formality.

他已经肯定获得那份工作了,口头审查仅是形式而已.

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It is a mere coincidence that they see eye to eye on this point.

他们在这一点上见解一致完全是偶合.

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His religion was a mere pretence.

他信教纯属假充样子.

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