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mere

adjective
 
🔊/mɪə(r)/
🔊/mɪr/
[only before noun]
(superlative merest, comparative)
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  1.  
    used when you want to emphasize how small, unimportant, etc. somebody/something is仅仅的；只不过
    • It took her a mere 20 minutes to win.她只花了 20 分钟就赢了。🔊🔊
    • A mere 2 per cent of their budget has been spent on publicity.他们的预算中只有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。🔊🔊
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    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只凭…就足以
    • 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。🔊🔊
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    3. Word Originadjective late Middle English (in the senses ‘pure’ and ‘sheer, downright’): from Latin merus ‘undiluted’.

mere

noun
🔊/mɪə(r)/
🔊/mɪr/
(British English, literary) also used in names也用于名称
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  1. a small lake小湖；池塘
    Word Originnoun Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer ‘lake’ and German Meer ‘sea’, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian more and Latin mare.