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单词 mere
释义
mere
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mɪər/us
/mɪr/
B2
used toemphasizethat something is notlargeorimportant:
（用于强调不大，不重要或效果不大）只不过的，仅仅的
Theplanecrashedmereminutesaftertake-off.飞机起飞后仅几分钟就坠毁了。
Itcosta mere 20dollars.那只需花费20美元。
used toemphasizehowstronglysomeonefeelsabout something or howextremeasituationis:
（用于强调感受强烈或极为重要）仅仅地
The merethoughtof it(= justthinkingabout it)makes mefeelsick.一想起它就让我不舒服。
Peoplebecameexcitedat the merementionof hisname.一提到他的名字人们就激动起来。
the mereidea/possibility/prospectof something只要一提这样的想法／可能性／前景
More examples
  • It took a mere fiveminutesfor theworldchampiontodisposeof hisopponent.
  • Histumultuoustriumphfiveyearsago nowseemsa merefootnoteinhistory.
  • Thecommitteeis a mereappendageof thecounciland has nopowerofitsown.
  • She had thatindefinablesomething that went beyond meresexappeal.
  • A thousandpoundsis a merebagatelleto him.
  • The merepossibilityof ataxincreasewas enough toenragehim.
  • Is it reallypossiblethat the merepresenceofcertainactorscandooma TV show?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Of little or less importance
  • be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
  • be neither here nor thereidiom
  • be no big dealidiom
  • biggie
  • derisory
  • lowly
  • meaningless
  • meaninglessly
  • meaninglessness
  • merely
  • minor
  • peripheral
  • petty
  • piffling
  • play second fiddleidiom
  • poxy
  • rinky-dink
  • secondarily
  • subordinate
  • valueless
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Merely and barely
Strong feelings
Linguistics: intensifying expressions
(Definition ofmerefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mere| American Dictionary

mere
adjective[not gradable]
us
/mɪər/
nothing more than; nothing moreimportantthan:
The merefactthat Greeneplaysfor theYankeesgives him a lot ofvisibility.
Thecityreceivesa mere 20% of theparkingrevenues.
(Definition ofmerefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmere

mere
The skill of the orchestration is such that the closing fanfare, that makes the loudest noise in the score, involves amere12 players.
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Merepreferences independent of evaluation are excluded, although they provide goals in the ordinary sense.
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If there were no sons in the house and the heir was the eldest daughter, the marriage resulted, theoretically, in amerereversal of roles.
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Thus, instead of being ameresystem description, an appropriately constructed dynamic model can greatly facilitate and guide the control design.
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The most abstract way to describe regularities of the physical world that are reflected in the visual system consists in pointing outmerestatistical relationships.
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Following this interpretation, it may be dangerous to reject the variant reading 66° as amerecorruption.
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In a series of transactions that may have taken a matter ofmeredays, the price per card had climbed by 400 per cent.
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The moral significance of the intending-foreseeing distinction requires more than themerefunctional role of intention and foresight.
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The last paragraph of the note had more thanmereformal significance.
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Butmerepossession without a credible threat of releasing the agents will not provide the feelings of power or security.
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One of the clear conclusions that emerges from this study is that spelling development is not ameretechnical skill of phoneme to grapheme conversion.
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Transcending themereextension of the senses, technology simply discloses a 'way of revealing'.
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Together they emancipated the art of experiment from being amerecraft activity and endowed it with the status of a science.
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But electronic technology goes beyondmereillustration and cataloguing.
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Speculative farmers hope for the occasional extraordinary profits but are deemedmeregrowers of necessary food.
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