mere
英式音标：mere怎么读
美式音标：mere怎么读
词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,中频词,核心词汇
mere词义
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adj. 仅仅的；只不过的n. 小湖；池塘n. (Mere)人名；(日)目连(姓)；(西)梅雷
词态变化
复数: meres;最高级: merest;
中文词源
mere 纯粹的，仅仅，只不过
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.
mere 湖，池塘来自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双语例句
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- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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？
来自柯林斯例句
mere英文词源
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- 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实用场景例句
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- ...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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Mere talk and no action won't do.
- 只说不做,那是不成的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His religion was a mere pretence.
- 他信教纯属假充样子.
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