Michael is now merely a good friend.
迈克尔现在只不过是一个好朋友而已。
These reforms are not merely cosmetic.
这些改革不仅仅是装点门面的。
Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism.
占星术只是无害的、让人逃避现实的消遣方式。
A written IQ test is merely a guideline.
书面的智商测试只是个参考。
It is not merely a job, but a way of life.
这不仅仅是一份工作，而且是一种生活方式。
He merely cleared and concreted the floors.
他只是清理了地板并浇上了混凝土。
That might merely have been malicious gossip.
那可能只是恶意闲言。
The news merely fortified their determination.
这消息只是增强了他们的决心。
He said nothing, merely smiled and watched her.
他什么也没说，只是微笑着看着她。
She realized that Patrick was merely playing with her.
她意识到帕特里克只是和她逢场作戏而已。
He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
他是名义上的首长，仅是偶尔签署法律而已。
This merely strengthens our resolve to win the pennant.
这只不过坚定了我们赢得锦旗的决心。
The conference merely pointed up divisions in the party.
这次会议只是显现了该党内部的分歧。
It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
希望他只是在招揽生意。
The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them.
警察不制定法律，只是执行法律。
The brain accounts for merely three percent of body weight.
大脑仅占体重的3％。
The difficulties in her way merely strengthened her resolve.
她所遇到的困难只是让她更加坚定。
When I finally posed the question, "Why?" he merely shrugged.
当我最终提出“为什么？”这个问题时，他只是耸耸肩。
It's merely a question of time before the business collapses.
这家企业的倒闭只是时间问题。
They agreed to go merely because they were getting paid for it.
他们同意去只是因为他们会得到酬劳。
She had no appetite, and merely toyed with the bread and cheese.
她没有胃口，只是拨弄着那些面包和奶酪。
Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.
征税原则上不受大众欢迎，只是联系背景看是可接受的。
For many the philosophy was merely a fashion, and the novelty soon wore off.
对很多人而言这种哲学只是一时时髦，新鲜感很快就消失了。
In actuality, Ted did not have a disorder but merely a difficult temperament.
事实上，特德并没有什么异常而只是脾气不好。
The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
当局过于懦弱，仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。
He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone.
他只是抛出个想法供讨论，不是固定不变的。
The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them.
这个队需要愿意为加拿大比赛的运动员，而不仅仅是愿意为任何一个雇用他们的国家去比赛的运动员。
The council was merely given a condensed version of what had already been disclosed in Washington.
该委员会仅得到了已在华盛顿被披露的内容的一个缩编版。
Permission for a warehouse development has already been granted and the developers are merely fleshing out the details.
货仓开发的许可证已获批准，开发商只是在充实细节。
I merely glanced over his letter.
他的信我只是马马虎虎地看了一下。
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