merely

1. ADV You use merely to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting. 只不過 (用來強調某事物不是很重要或很有價值)[強調]

Michael is now merely a good friend. 邁克爾現(xiàn)在只不過是一個好朋友而已。

Francis Watson was far from being merely a furniture expert. 弗蘭西斯·沃森不僅僅是位家具專家。

2. ADV You use merely to emphasize that a particular amount or quantity is very small. 僅僅 (用來強調數(shù)量之少)[ADV amount] [強調]

The brain accounts for merely three percent of body weight. 大腦僅占體重的3％。

3. PHRASE You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement. 不僅僅[強調]

The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them. 這個隊需要愿意為加拿大比賽的運動員，而不僅僅是愿意為任何一個雇用他們的國家去比賽的運動員。