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 said nothing, merely smiled and watched her.
他什么也没说，只是微笑着看着她。
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。
I'm merely stating what everybody knows anyway.
我说的不过是些常识。
1.单;只;纯粹;全然
1.used for emphasizing that something is small or unimportant
2.used for emphasizing that something is not as bad, severe, or important as someone thinks it is
1.It merely reflects the light of the sun, like a huge mirror hung in the sky.
这表明月亮本身不发光，它只是反射太阳光，象悬挂在天空中的一面镜子。
2.Sometimes, it seems as though civilian drivers merely failed to get off the road fast enough.
有时候，好像是平民司机离开道路的速度不够快。
3.But younger children are often merely trying to figure out a definition of the term.
不过，对于年纪小的孩子们来说，他们通常只是想要理解财富的概念。
4.Creating a synthetic ETF does not eliminate this illiquidity risk, but merely transforms it into a bet on the creditworthiness of a bank.
创建一个合成的ETF并不能消除这种不流动性风险，只是仅仅将其转化成了对银行信用度的赌注。
5.I do not want to put down to my account either nostalgia or bitterness, and I merely want to see clearly.
留恋也好，苦涩也好，我不想将此二者归于我的帐上，我只是想看得明明白白。
6.He had seen a mad woman in Battle Square, but she had merely clutched a bundle of rags and rocked herself to and fro, keening like a gull.
他曾在战争广场看过到一个疯女人，但那个女人只是紧紧抱着一束碎布，来来回回摇晃着身子，哭泣声，象只鸣叫的海鸥。
7.She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.
她不作声，只是鼻子里哼了一声，然后把手上的报纸翻了翻。
8.Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night.
这么说来，六月里那个夜晚他所向往的不单单是天上的星斗了。
9.But it may be a mistake to think of Mr Clegg merely as a force for realigning Britain's existing party landscape.
但认为克莱格先生仅是重新整合英国目前的政党格局的推动力，或许是错的。
10.Although he merely managed sixth in Athens, he's not one to let pressure rattle him in this supremely mental sport.
虽然在雅典奥运会上只取得了区区第六，但是在这个极度需要心理的体育项目中他不会让压力将自己压垮。