merely
The bullet merely creased his shoulder.
子弹只不过擦破了他肩部的皮肤。
She merely dallied with his affections.
她只是戏弄他。
I am merely reporting what he said.
我只是转述他的话。
His conduct is a mere cover-up for his nervousness.
他的行为只是为了掩护他的紧张。
I don't believe it; it's merely hearsay.
我不相信，那仅是谣传罢了。
It is difference in kind, not merely in degree.
此乃本质之不同，并非仅仅是程度差异。
Pretending to faint was merely (an) artifice.
假装昏迷只不过是个诡计。
I merely suggest you should do it again.
我只是建议你重新做这件事。
His failure in history examination was a mere fluke.
他历史考试没能及格纯属偶然。
The excitement about the new power plant was merely town talk.
关于新发电厂的纷纷议论只不过是桩传闻。
The plan is merely designed to maintain their nuclear superiority.
制定这个计划只是为了保持他们的核优势。
His fine clothes are a mere facade, facade.
他漂亮的衣着只是虚有其表而已。
I went out, merely to get caught in a shower.
我跑出去，结果突然碰到一场骤雨。
Pretending to faint was merely an artifice.
假装昏迷只不过是个诡计。
I meant it merely as a joke.
我原意只不过是开个玩笑。
Her liberal views were soon revealed as mere posturing.
她那些开明的观点很快地就暴露出只不过是做做样子而已。
Her wild behaviour merely fanned the flames of his jealousy.
她那放肆的举动把他的妒火完全煽起。
She said it merely in sport.
这话她只是说着玩罢了。
Don't scold him; he is a mere child.
别责备他，他只不过是个孩子。
Her wild behaviour merely fan the flames of his jealousy.
她那放肆的举动把他的妒火完全煽起。
France seems to use many EEC meeting merely to twist the lion's tail.
法国好像多次都利用欧共体会议来反对英国。
I thought it was a mere on dit.
我以为那只是谣传。
The stream is reduced to a mere trickle in summer.
夏天那条小河的水量减少，成了涓涓溪流。
The promise of such high interest lies in merely baiting a trap for those unwary investors.
允诺如此高的利润只不过是引诱那些粗心大意的投资者上当。
We are mere pawns in the struggle for power.
在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒。
The loveliest doll in the last analysis is merely sawdust.
说到底，最可爱的布娃娃也只不过是锯末做成的。
His supposed generosity is merely a form of self-interest.
他貌似慷慨，不过是变相的利己而已。
Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?
你是真想去呢，还是仅仅为了表示友好？
The stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.
小河越来越窄，最后变成了涓涓细流。
This research merely duplicates work already done elsewhere.
这项研究仅仅是重复别人已经做过的工作。
Your hope of promotion is a mere delusion.
你提升的希望只不过是一种幻觉。
The peasant laboured for a mere pittance.
农民仅仅是为了微不足道的收入而辛苦地劳作。
Jacob was at his best in the role of Shylock; he did not merely act; he lived the part.
雅各布最擅长扮演夏洛克这个角色，他不仅是在演戏，而是把角色演活了。
The Third World snaps back that such concerns are merely modern versions of colonialism.
第三次世界反驳道，这种关注只不过是殖民主义的现代翻版而已。
I am not a very good cook.-Nonsense, you are merely fishing for compliments.
我不是个好厨子。－－废话，你只不过是为了博取别人恭维而这么说的吧。
He is a ruler without power, a mere fly on the wheel.
他是一个没有实权的统治者，只是徒有虚名而已。
I am merely putt forward toe opinion(that) we shall dine out to save time.
我刚才只是主张应该外出就餐，以节省时间。
It was merely a pro forma meeting; the real business had already been discussed.
这只是形式上的会议，真正的议题早已讨论过了。
He judge people by mere external clothes rather than internal character.
他判断人只靠着外表的衣服而不是内在的品格。
I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch.
我自己，一个不能看见东西的人，仅仅通过触觉，都发现许许多多令我有兴趣的东西。
Many people think they have religion when they are merely troubled with dyspepsia.
许多人，当他们只是在患消化不良之时，却以为自己有了宗教信仰。
Miranda says she doesn't want to go to Paris, but I fancy it is merely sour grapes.
米兰达说她不想去巴黎，但我认为这不过是她因去不成而聊以自慰的话。
Merely the thought of holding a snake makes me come out in goose flesh.
只要一想起手里拿着一条蛇，我的身上就会起鸡皮疙瘩。
As everybody can see, what the rumour mongers say is merely patched up stories.
众所周知，那些专事造谣的人说的无非是一些虚构的谎言罢了。
His father sucked the orange, and the boy has merely inherited the skin.
父亲把财产都败光了，儿子继承下来的只是个空架子。
I think that was not Peter's honest opinion. He was merely playing to the gallery.
我认为那不是彼得的真实意见，他只不过是哗众取宠而已。
Mozart was, after all, not a mere purveyor of music but one of the supreme dramatic geniuses of all time.
莫扎特毕竟不仅是作曲家，而且是空前的最大戏剧天才之一。
Some men think that being married to a woman means merely seeing her in the morning instead of in the evening.
有些男士认为：跟一个女人结婚，只是意味着以早上见面代替晚上见面而已。
She desired he would name no names, but merely mention that some ladies had been frightened.
她希望他不要说出名字，只说有几位夫人受惊就行了。
Please pull up to the next ear, so that park some mere in this space.
请向旁边的这辆车靠一靠，好腾出点地方多停几辆车。