merest

merest

美 [mɪr]  英 [mɪə(r)]

  • adj.只不过;仅仅的;只凭…就足以;单单的;全然的;纯粹的
  • n.〈英〉边境(线);〈方,诗〉池沼;小湖;池塘
  • 网络只不过的

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同义词

英汉双解

adj.
1.
仅仅的;只不过used when you want to emphasize how small, unimportant, etc. sb/sth is
It took her a mere 20 minutes to win.
她只花了 20 分钟就赢了。
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。
He seemed so young, a mere boy.
他看来那么年轻,只是个孩子。
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。
2.
只凭…就足以used when you are saying that the fact that a particular thing is present in a situation is enough to have an influence on that situation
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。
The mere fact that they were prepared to talk was encouraging.
他们愿意商谈,这就很不错了。
The mere thought of eating made him feel sick.
他一想到吃东西就觉得恶心。
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。
n.
1.
小湖;池塘a small lake

英汉解释

n.
1.
〈英〉边境(线)
2.
〈方,诗〉池沼
adj.
1.
单单的,只,不过
2.
全然的;纯粹的

英英解释

n.
adj.

例句

I received the last you sent on by the merest chance, and after considerable delay through being inland; or I might have come sooner.

上次转给巴西内地转来转去耽误许久最后完全碰巧收到不然回来早些

The trouble is that the merest mention of women's networks seems to turn intelligent women into politically correct, acquiescent fools.

问题哪怕一点点关于女性关系网话题似乎聪明女性变成政治上正确听话傻瓜

You've had a glimpse at the attention given to business context in XBRL, but the bits in Listing 1 are the merest fraction of it all.

已经了解XBRL业务上下文但是清单1内容表面部分

In this environment, the merest hint of a partisan decision could have been disastrous.

这种情况只要稍微暗示决定引起灾难

Hate figure: Sadly, Man United put up the merest shadow of a fight last season.

憎恨对象可惜赛季曼联几乎比赛没有抵抗缴械

The Beatles sweep through the great US cities, drawing tens of thousands to airports for the merest glimpse.

席卷美国城市上万机场仅仅为了远远看上他们

To say that Pablo Picasso dominated Western art in the 20th century is, by now, the merest commonplace.

现在毕加索20世纪西方艺术了不起人物只是老生常谈

And ocean salinity of course represented only the merest sliver of my ignorance.

当然海洋盐度困惑只是无知最小体现

Snubs hurt him, and the merest suspicion of unpopularity in any quarter rouses him to bitterness.

冷落使伤痛就是一点怠慢痛苦不堪

So long as treatment was restricted to suggestion, it could content itself with the merest skeleton of a theory.

只要局限暗示便最少骨架自我滿

One day the tree said to the grass, do you not wish that you were tall and powerful like I when you bend at the merest puff of wind?

一天弯曲仅仅一阵风是否祝愿一样高大强有力

The merest noise is enough to wake him.

一丁点儿声音足以吵醒

The merest little thing makes him nervous.

微不足道小事使紧张

That is the merest folly.

糊涂

the merest rustle of wind through the bushes

此刻风吹树丛声音

Mere friends are we, ---well, friends the merest

仅仅朋友,”失去许多东西

Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,

但愿只是阴郁面具,。