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mere

/meer/US // mɪər //UK // (mɪə) //

单纯的,纯粹的,单纯,纯粹是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    superlative mer·est.

    • : being nothing more nor better than: a mere pittance;He is still a mere child.
    • : Obsolete. pure and unmixed, as wine, a people, or a language.fully as much as what is specified; completely fulfilled or developed; absolute.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.nothing more; absolute

Examples

  • While actual life on Pluto is highly unlikely, the mere presence of the ingredients for life is quite remarkable.

  • Taste buds can turn food from mere fuel into a memorable meal.

  • Some of the disclosure documents the sellers turned over were based on mere visual inspections of the site.

  • Thompson said the high-rise would only need a $10,000 power wash, a claim that came from a mere visual inspection of the site and offered by one of the sellers.

  • The description came directly from one of the seller’s reports, which was based on a mere visual inspection of the site.

  • These matters are not mere threats to abstract constitutional principles.

  • Her Miss America win transcended mere superficial beauty standards.

  • Scalise spoke about taxes and government slush funds for a mere 15 minutes, Knight said.

  • Business questions are raised—who starts a PE firm and bails on it in a matter of mere months?

  • Human vision is as close as we mere mortals will ever come to having a genuine superpower.

  • All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.

  • All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.

  • And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?

  • He said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.

  • The real experience has a magnetism of its own and will win above mere technicality whenever it has the opportunity.