meres

Sometimes on lonely mountain meres / I find a magic bark ( Tennyson )

有时在寂静的山区小湖中/我发现一叶神奇的小舟（坦尼森）

The mere thought of eating made him feel sick .

他一想到吃饭就觉得恶心。

It took her a mere 20 minutes to win .

她只花了20分钟就赢了。

His mere presence made her feel afraid .

他当时在场，这就足以让她害怕了。

Such things are not for mere mortals like ourselves .

这种事不会落在我们这样的凡夫俗子身上。

He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head .

他只晃了一下头算是和我们打过招呼。

The mere fact of being poor makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police .

只因为贫穷就使得这群儿童成为警方眼中的罪犯。

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 already knows he has the job so the interview is a mere formality .

他已知道得到了这个工作，所以面试仅仅是走走过场。

Mere words , unaccompanied by any violence , cannot amount to an assault .

只有言语而未伴随暴力不能算攻击。

$ 1 000 is a mere trifle to her .

1000元对她来说不过是区区小数。

It cost a mere bagatelle .

这个只花了一点钱。

There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease

身体健康不仅仅指不生病，还包括更多。

I think their crime is a blacker one than mere exploitation .

我想他们的罪行比单纯的剥削更残忍。

In Poland , the faith has always meant more than mere religion

在波兰，信仰的含义向来不仅仅指宗教。

He 's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother

跟他哥哥一比，他不过是个小毛孩。

The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed .

提到约翰就真的让人心痛。

The American came from behind to snatch victory by a mere eight seconds

美国人后来居上，仅以8秒钟的优势赢得了胜利。

The problems went deeper than mere teething difficulties .

问题不仅仅是起始阶段的小麻烦那么简单。

With the Cold War almost over , the talks were a mere formality .

随着冷战即将结束，对话就只是一种形式了。

It is too early to say whether the threats are mere sabre-rattling .

现在断言这些威胁是否只是虚张声势还为时过早。

Tickets are a mere £ 7.50 at the door

门口买票只要7.5英镑。

Acceleration to 60 mph takes a mere 5.7 seconds .

加速到时速60英里只需要5.7秒。

The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs

单单提到食物就引起了阵阵饥饿感。

Believe me , it 's the least I can do , a mere trifle .

相信我，这是我最起码能做的了，只是小事一桩。

Of the sonnet eleven of the lines are mere padding and say nothing .

那首十四行诗中有11行都是废话，毫无意义。

Is his promotion evidence of the minorities ' advance , or mere tokenism ?

他的晋升是证明了少数族裔的进步，还是仅仅为了装点门面？

Macmillan must have loathed being judged as a mere appendage to domestic politics .

麦克米伦肯定极不喜欢只被当成国内政治的附属品。

For the past two decades , North Carolina taxed cigarettes at a mere 2 cents a packet .

过去20年里，北卡罗来纳州的香烟税仅为每包2美分。

He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant .

他以一个卑微的哀求者绝对谦恭的姿态猛地趴在地上。