Without them, we would be a mere alliance of many separate parts.
没有他们，我们将只是单纯地把许多独立的部分拼凑在一起罢了。
A mere generation ago, parent-child relations were described as "the generation gap".
仅仅在一代人之前，人们还用“代沟”一词来描述亲子关系。
For the more adventurous, we offer rewards beyond mere sightseeing—from a three-day hike across the Grand Canyon to a ride along China's Yangtze River.
对于更喜欢冒险的人，我们提供了除纯粹的观光以外的奖励——从大峡谷三天徒步旅行到沿长江骑行。
The frightened audience could not accept that they were watching a mere picture.
受惊的观众不能接受他们看到的仅仅是一幅画。
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。
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。
It took her a mere 20 minutes to win.
她只花了20分钟就赢了。
It took her a mere 20 minutes to dispose of her opponent.
她仅用了20分钟就击败了对手。
The American came from behind to snatch victory by a mere eight seconds.
美国队后来居上，仅以8秒钟的优势赢得了胜利。
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。
这个只花了一点钱。
$1 000 is a mere trifle to her.
1 000元对她来说不过是区区小数。
Acceleration to 60 mph takes a mere 5.7 seconds.
加速到每小时60英里仅用5.7秒。
He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant.
他猛地趴在地上，做出一个卑微的哀求者那谦卑的姿态。
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。
Some contracts are a mere formality.
有些合同纯属走形式。
He seemed so young, a mere boy.
他看来那么年轻，只是个孩子。
Sixty percent of teachers are women, but a mere five percent of women are principals.
60％的教师是女性，但只有5％的女性是校长。
These results should convince public that music classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly trouble public schools.
这些结果应该使公众相信，在不断困扰着公立学校的预算危机中，音乐课并不是单纯的装饰品，并不是可以抛弃的。
A mere seven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a stop ten miles down the mountain, it had taken the lives of 4,000 people.
仅仅7分钟后，当倾泻而下的冰终于在山下10英里处停住时，它已经夺走了4000人的生命。
For him, the netsuke, so small and captivating, were not enough as a mere signpost to family history.
对他而言，这小巧迷人的吊坠并不能够作为仅仅是家族史的路标来看待。
Tethys is a mere sliver below left.
土卫三号仅为左下方的一个小片。
英雄不仅仅停留在名声层面。
A mere reminder of Mom's touch or the sound of her voice on the phone is enough to change people's minds and moods, affecting their decision making in measurable ways.
哪怕仅仅是想起母亲的亲抚，或是听到电话里母亲的声音，都足以改变一个人的想法和情绪，对他们的决策产生重大影响。
It is extremely interesting, although the whole is a mere fable.
可太有趣了，虽然是一篇寓言。
What he had felt earlier in the day had been a mere trifling qualm.
他今天早些时候的感觉不过是一种轻微的不舒服。
But a hero goes beyond mere fame.
但是英雄不仅仅只有名气。
Seattle gets an average of a mere seven days a year with thunder.
西雅图平均每年只有7天会打雷。
Once, when I was a mere lad and had never ridden a horse before, he made me mount one and gallop by his side, with no qualms about his unskilled companion.
有一次，在我还是个小毛孩，从来没有骑过马的时候，他让我骑上一匹马在他的旁边疾驰，对于他那不熟练的同伴，他一点也不担虑。
So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber.
因此，当一只猴子用一颗葡萄来换回她的一个筹码时，另一只猴子不愿意用一颗葡萄换回一片黄瓜。
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