mere的双解释义

1. 只不过的，仅仅的，单单的
2. 纯粹的，全然的，单纯的
3. 空头的，空洞的
4. 绝对的，完全的
5. 【法律】完成的

1. 浅湖，小湖，池塘，池
2. 边境（线），边界，地标
3. 池沼，沼泽

1. a small pond of standing water

1. being nothing more than specified;

   "a mere child"
   

2. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;

   "only the bare facts"
   "shocked by the mere idea"
   "the simple passage of time was enough"
   "the simple truth"
   

1.只不过;仅仅
You usemere to emphasize how unimportant or inadequate something is, in comparison to the general situation you are describing.

mere

e.g. ...successful exhibitions which go beyondmere success...
不仅仅是成功而是大获成功的展览
e.g. There is more to good health than themere absence of disease...
身体健康不仅仅指不生病，还包括更多。

2.极小的，微不足道的，单单(表示虽小却有重要影响)
You usemere to indicate that a quality or action that is usually unimportant has a very important or strong effect.

e.g. Themere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs...
单单提到食物就引起了阵阵饥饿感。
e.g. 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。

3.只不过，仅仅(用于强调数量之小)
You usemere to emphasize how small a particular amount or number is.

e.g. Sixty per cent of teachers are women, but amere 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%。
e.g. Tickets are amere £7.50 at the door...
门口买票只要7.5英镑。

the merest

极小的,微不足道的the smallest or most unimportant

• The mere remembering of great works is not knowledge of them.

  出自：J. M. Murry

• Sissons, who didn't count, because she was the Junior and mere.

  出自：M. Dickens

• A tiny push, the merest fraction of my full weight.

  出自：C. Milne

• The great Gothic cathedrals..had the power to convert by their mere presence.

  出自：J. Barnes

• A mere piece of foil paper.

  出自：T. Parks

• ☆ 1400年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的mercus，意为纯净，仅。