真题例句：

• Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa.

  当伽利略从比萨斜塔上扔下不同重量的物体并记录它们落地的时间时，他不仅仅是雄心勃勃。

  [2020年 天津卷 阅读理解]

• Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, but not articles that left them merely sad.

  读者也倾向于分享那些令人兴奋或有趣的文章，但不分享那些让他们仅仅感到悲伤的文章。

  [2016年 全国卷3 阅读理解]

• Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny but not articles that left them merely sad.

  读者也趋向于分享令人快乐和兴奋的文章，但是不愿意分享只让他们难过的文章。

  [2016年 全国卷3 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• This was not merely a decline in reading paper books, newspapers or magazines.

  这不仅仅是纸质书籍、报纸或杂志阅读量的下降。

  [2021年 CET4 阅读理解B]

• The artist merely continued his campaign on the other side.

  艺术家只是在另一边继续他的活动。

  [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]

• However, merely having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age.

  然而，仅仅与孩子联系并不能保证晚年的幸福。

  [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• It takes awareness, effort and courage to go beyond merely stating you believe something is a good idea.

  这需要意识、努力和勇气，而不仅仅是陈述你认为某事是个好主意。

  [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• Under existing law, NHS trust "controlled" the data and DeepMind merely "processed" it.

  根据现行法律，国民保健服务信托“控制”数据，而DeepMind只是“处理”数据。

  [2018年 英语一 阅读理解A]

• Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption.

  仅仅帮助送礼者接近其他官员，而没有有明确的意图向这些官员施压，这不算腐败。

  [2017年 英语一 阅读理解A]

• Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can't be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.

  深度阅读需要的不仅仅只是时间，而是一种通过提高阅读效率来获得的特殊时间。

  [2016年 英语二 阅读理解A]