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merest

英 [ˈmɪərɪst] 美 [ˈmɛrəst]
merest
adj.  仅仅的; 只不过; 只凭…就足以
mere的最高级

    Mere does not have a comparative form. The superlative form merest is used to emphasize how small something is, rather than in comparisons.
    mere 没有比较级，最高级 merest 并无比较之义，而是用来强调极其微小。

  1. ADJ 只不过;仅仅
    You use mere to emphasize how unimportant or inadequate something is, in comparison to the general situation you are describing.
    1. ...successful exhibitions which go beyond mere success...
      不仅仅是成功而是大获成功的展览
    2. 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。
    3. 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。
    4. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.
      她从未得到他准备沟通的一丁点儿暗示。
  2. ADJ 极小的，微不足道的，单单(表示虽小却有重要影响)
    You use mere to indicate that a quality or action that is usually unimportant has a very important or strong effect.
    1. 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。
    2. Whenever there was a gap in the traffic the merest pressure on the accelerator was enough to close it...
      每当车流里出现了一点儿空距，只要稍稍一踩油门，空距就没有了。
    3. The team manager has been quick to clamp down on the merest hint of complacency.
      球队主教练很快就消除了自满的小苗头。
  3. ADJ 只不过，仅仅(用于强调数量之小)
    You use mere to emphasize how small a particular amount or number is.
    1. Sixty per cent of teachers are women, but a mere 5 percent of women are heads and deputies...
      有60%的教师是女性，但是担任校长和副校长的女性仅占5%。
    2. Tickets are a mere £7.50 at the door...
      门口买票只要7.5英镑。
    3. 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。
  1. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.
    她从未得到他准备沟通的一丁点儿暗示。
  2. Whenever there was a gap in the traffic the merest pressure on the accelerator was enough to close it
    每当车流里出现了一点儿空距，只要稍稍一踩油门，空距就没有了。
  3. The team manager has been quick to clamp down on the merest hint of complacency.
    球队主教练很快就消除了自满的小苗头。
  4. The merest st noise is enough to wake him.
    一丁点儿声音就足以把他吵醒。
  5. These pleasures were inexpensive and unexpected; the merest chance furnished them.
    这不需要多大的代价，并且往往是无意中得来的，一点偶然机会便能提供这种乐趣。
  6. I received the last you sent on by the merest chance, and after considerable delay through being inland; or I might have come sooner.
    你上次转给我的信，在巴西的内地转来转去，耽误了许久，最后完全是碰巧收到的，不然我会回来得更早些。
  7. Tess was the merest stray phenomenon to Angel Clare as yet-a rosy warming apparition which had only just acquired the attribute of persistence in his consciousness.
    到目前为止，在安琪尔克莱尔看来，苔丝只不过是一种偶然的现象一个让人感到温暖的玫瑰色幻影，在他的意识里，这个幻影也只是刚刚具有了驱赶不开的性质。
  8. There are warm days in the UK, but you know you're in a damp country when the merest hint of sunshine is front page news.
    英国也有温暖的日子，但你要明白你是在一个潮湿的国家，哪怕有一丁点出太阳的迹象也是头条新闻。
  9. I'm chasing the merest sliver of color.
    我追逐最最细微的色彩。
  10. Hate figure: Sadly, Man United put up the merest shadow of a fight last season.
    憎恨对象：可惜，上赛季曼联几乎在比赛中没有太多的抵抗就缴械了。
  11. I could detect only the merest whisper.
    我只能听到低低的私语。
  12. When we got back for a swim before lunch, the lake was exactly where we had left it, the same number of inches from the dock, and there was only the merest suggestion of a breeze.
    午饭前我们再去游泳时，这个湖跟我们离开时一模一样，码头的水深标记浸到了同样位置，只有极其轻微的风在吹着。
  13. Snubs hurt him, and the merest suspicion of unpopularity in any quarter rouses him to bitterness.
    冷落会使他伤痛，就是某处的一点点怠慢，也会让他痛苦不堪。
  14. She is the merest awkward country girl, without style or elegance, and almost without beauty.
    她是个不折不扣的乡下笨姑娘，谈不上风度仪表，而且几乎谈不上美貌。
  15. His behaviour was the merest childish exhibitionism.
    他的行为只不过是幼稚的表现癖而已。
  16. Is it possible that you can see anything more than the merest chance in this meeting?
    这一次会面，除了纯粹巧合以外，你真不能看出什么别的意义来吗？
  17. This might have been the merest mischance.
    这也许只是区区小厄运。
  18. She compromised by writing as seldom as possible, and adhering to the merest trivialities.
    她采取折衷的办法，尽可能少写信并且坚持写最微不足道的琐事。
  19. The merest noise is enough to wake her.
    最轻微的声响就能把她吵醒。
  20. If he made a sound, the merest tremble or gasp, he would never see the sun again.
    如果他发出一点声响，哪怕仅仅只是颤抖或是喘息，他将会再也见不到明天的太阳。
  21. The merest little thing makes him nervous.
    最微不足道的小事也会使他紧张。
  22. The world of any moment is the merest appearance.
    任何时刻的世界都不过是表象而已。
  23. In the moment when I looked into the cave a little elfin starfish hung down, suspended by the merest thread, perhaps by only a single tube foot.
    就在我朝洞里探望时，从洞顶上挂下一只小海星，仅仅悬在一条线上，或许就在它的一只管足上。
  24. He gave me the merest hint about what was really going on.
    关于真正发生的事情他只给了我很小的一点暗示。
  25. The merest suggestion that the car crash was partly his fault sent him into an angry rage.
    只不过暗示了一下车祸部分是他的错造成的，就使他发怒了。
  26. That is the merest folly.
    那真糊涂透了。
  27. To say that Pablo Picasso dominated Western art in the20th century is, by now, the merest commonplace.
    现在你说毕卡索是20世纪西方艺术最了不起的人物，只是老生常谈。
  28. The baby sleeps so badly that the merest noise wakes her up.
    那个婴孩睡得那样不好，只不过些微声音就把她弄醒了。
  29. I was standing on the dock, when, by the merest accident, I fell in talk with him.
    我当时正站在码头上，非常偶然地和这个人攀谈起来。
  30. The merest mention of seafood makes guy feel sick.
    只不过提了一下海味就使盖感到恶心了。