英 [ˈmɪəli] 美 [ˈmɪrli]
adv. 仅仅，只（用于强调某物小或微不足道）；无非是……，不过是……（指某事的原因或影响）
merely /ˈmɪəlɪ/ CET4 TEM4
副词 You use merely to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting. 只不过 (用来强调某事物不是很重要或很有价值)
Michael is now merely a good friend.
迈克尔现在只不过是一个好朋友而已。
Francis Watson was far from being merely a furniture expert.
弗兰西斯·沃森不仅仅是位家具专家。
副词 You use merely to emphasize that a particular amount or quantity is very small. 仅仅 (用来强调数量之少)
The brain accounts for merely three percent of body weight.
大脑仅占体重的3％。
习语 You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement. 不仅仅
The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them.
这个队需要愿意为加拿大比赛的运动员，而不仅仅是愿意为任何一个雇用他们的国家去比赛的运动员。
... valid adj.符合逻辑的，合理的，有根据的；（法律上）有效的circumstance n.条件，环境，状况 merely adv.仅仅，只不过 dial vi. &vt.拨（电话号码），打电话 ...
... mere adj.仅仅的，起码的；纯粹的 merely adv.仅仅；只；不过 merge vt.使（企业，团体等）；使合为一体，使融合vi.合并；联合，融合 ...
... jurisdiction：审判权，管辖权，司法权 merely：只不过，仅仅 general cartel：一般企业联合（卡特尔）cartel是企业联合的意思 ...
Michael is now merely a good friend.
迈克尔现在只不过是一个好朋友而已。
These reforms are not merely cosmetic.
这些改革不仅仅是装点门面的。
Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism.
占星术只是无害的、让人逃避现实的消遣方式。
This I whispered,and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"Merely this,and nothing more."
VOA : special.2009.02.02
It is merely to assert that so far as any body of references is undistorted it belongs to Science.
单纯坚持,参考的真实性,就是科学。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
iterature cannot merely be received as a definite unit of referential meaning that can be decoded without leaving a residue.
文学不能仅仅以一个确切的参考性意思的单位来理解,这种参考性意思的单位在破解时不会留下任何残余。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.
VOA : special.2010.01.10
Government officials defended the crackdown, saying they are not opposed to democratic rights, but merely want to maintain security.
VOA : standard.2009.03.15
If you get palpitations merely reading about the current mess in Southeast Asia, stay away.
Merely point the analog stick toward the screen or away from, and off you'll go.
Being digital, you won't be surprised to hear the process doesn't stop with merely showing you an image.
BBC: Digital product placement creates adverts out of thin air