核心词议：
adv. 仅仅；只不过
merely 基本解释
adv. 仅仅，只不过；只是；纯粹；全然
速记方法
速记技巧 词源记忆法 来自mere,纯粹的，仅仅，只不过。
知识扩展
单词用法 merely作副词是“仅仅，只不过”的意思，在句中一般修饰谓语动词，有时还可放在名词前修饰名词。 近义词汇 only/just
中文词源
merely 纯粹地，仅仅
来自mere,纯粹的，仅仅，只不过。
中文词源： merely 纯粹地，仅仅 来自mere,纯粹的，仅仅，只不过。 merely
精选例句
1、 Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad.
读者也倾向于分享令人兴奋或有趣的文章，或激发愤怒或焦虑等负面情绪的文章，而不是只让他们悲伤的文章。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images.
在看电视时，孩子们不仅仅是吸收文字和图像。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
1、 But after being enrolled in an online course last fall semester, I came to realize online classes were merely a means to fulfil course requirements.
但在去年秋季学期参加了一门网络课程后，我意识到网络课程仅仅是满足课程要求的一种手段。
1、 ” Duncan Watts proposes that the “Mona Lisa” is merely an extreme example of a general rule.
邓肯·沃茨提出，“蒙娜丽莎”只是一般规律的一个极端例子。
1、 It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.
它说，问题不仅在于人们做伪科学，而且在于我们目前的职业发展体系积极地鼓励了伪科学。
常见考点例句：
- Think it merely kicked the can down the road ?
- 觉得这只是权宜之计？
- It isn 't enough anymore for a person to merely view a video ; advertisers crave social media shares .
- 仅仅吸引人们浏览视频是不够的；广告商渴望获得社交媒体的共享热潮。
- You don 't mention whether the behavior you 've witnessed is illegal , or whether it 's merely unsavory .
- 你没有提到你所见到的行为是违法的，还是仅仅违背道德。
- This would merely accelerate the process .
- 推出新货币只是会加速整个过程。
- They have merely become less unreasonable .
- 它们只是变得不像以前那么不合理了。
