高考While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images.

在看电视时，孩子们不仅仅吸收文字和图像。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

法官们发现，仅仅帮助送礼者接触其他官员，除非是出于对这些官员施加压力的明确意图，否则这不是腐败。

2017年考研阅读原文

四级However, merely having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age.

然而，仅仅与孩子接触并不能保证老年时的幸福。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad.

读者也倾向于分享激动人心或有趣的文章，或是激起愤怒或焦虑等负面情绪的文章，而不是让他们感到悲伤的文章。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show- they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote.

学生不仅在大学期间受益；研究表明，他们比未毕业的人更健康、更快乐，而且投票的可能性也大得多。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty.

他认为，不平等是危险的，不仅因为贫富差距过大看起来不太好，而且因为不平等本身破坏了向上流动性，使穷人更难摆脱贫困。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

他们倾向于在问题中既包括原因又包括结果，而不仅仅是询问他们想尝试的事情。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right

在设计一种科学评估希望的方法时，斯奈德博士超越了希望只是一切都会好起来的简单概念

2010年12月听力原文

考研It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.

它说，问题不仅在于人们做了不好的科学，而且我们目前的职业发展体系积极鼓励了这一点。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级That's why, for example, may say they believe in the benefits of recycling or exercise, but don't behave in line with their views, because it takes awareness, effort and courage to go beyond merely stating that you believe something is a good idea.

这就是为什么，例如，他们可能会说他们相信回收或锻炼的好处，但他们的行为与他们的观点不一致，因为这需要意识、努力和勇气，而不仅仅是说你相信某件事是个好主意。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote.

学生不仅在大学期间受益；研究表明，他们比未毕业的人更健康、更快乐，而且投票的可能性也大得多。

2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级"Say, you know, this is the best student I've ever had," says Kuheli Dutt, a social scientist and diversity officer at Columbia University's Lamont campus. "Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intel

哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特校区的社会科学家和多样性官员库赫利·杜特（Kuheli Dutt）说：“你知道，这是我遇到的最好的学生。”把那些优秀的信和一封仅仅是好的信比较一下：“候选人很有效率，或者说是英特尔。”

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.

在设计一种科学评估希望的方法时，斯奈德博士超越了希望只是一切都会好起来的简单概念。

2010年12月听力原文

考研But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestra’s repertoire will not be enough.

但这种差异的本质是什么？仅仅扩大管弦乐队的曲目是不够的。

2011年考研阅读原文

四级Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: The candidate was productive,or intelligent,or a solid scientist or something that's clearly solid praise, but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind.

将那些优秀的信与一封仅仅是好的信相比较：候选人是富有成效的，或者聪明的，或者是一位可靠的科学家，或者是一位明显可靠的赞誉，但没有任何东西能将候选人视为杰出的或独一无二的。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不断积累) to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's productive citizenry (公民).

将育儿归类为没有集体责任的个人选择不仅仅是忽视良好育儿的社会效益；事实上，这是为了窃取这些好处，因为它们会累积(不断积累) 对整个社会来说，今天的孩子将成为明天富有成效的公民(公民).

2010年6月阅读原文

高考You are not paying all or your tuition to merely go to class, study, pass tests and graduate.

你不是为了上课、学习、通过考试和毕业而支付全部或全部学费。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

考研They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really for, not merely how much of it there is.

他们会试图决定人类的智力到底是为了什么，而不仅仅是智力的多少。

2009年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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

深度阅读不仅需要时间，而且需要一种特殊的时间，而这种时间不能仅仅通过提高阅读效率来获得。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Merely expanding the orchestra's repertoire will not be enough.

仅仅扩大管弦乐队的曲目是不够的。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研This doesn’t, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless.

然而，这并不意味着解释仅仅是相对的，甚至是毫无意义的。

2015年考研阅读原文

六级But a look at the strange variations in tuition reveals that the choice about which college to attend doesn’t come down merely to dollars and cents.

但是，看看学费的奇怪变化就会发现，选择上哪所大学不仅仅取决于美元和美分。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级’ In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.

“在设计一种科学评估希望的方法时，斯奈德博士超越了简单的概念，即希望只是一切都会好起来的感觉。

2010年12月英语六级真题

六级To conclude, we should focus on improving our ability but not merely getting a certificate.

总之，我们应该专注于提高我们的能力，而不仅仅是获得证书。

2011年6月英语六级真题

四级The watch itself does not teach kids how to tell time, of course it merely “captures their imagination” by presenting the “hour” hand as a beautiful red girl named Flak and the “minute” hand as a tall blue boy named Flik.

手表本身并没有教孩子们如何报时，当然，它只是通过将“小时”指针呈现为一个名叫Flak的漂亮红色女孩，将“分钟”指针呈现给一个名叫Flik的高个子蓝色男孩来“捕捉他们的想象力”。

1992年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous.

它只是说，进化已经编程我们在活动效率低下且可能危险的时候执行这些功能。

1994年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another.

新的海堤将耗资数亿英镑，只会使海浪和洋流沿着海岸走得更远，将问题从一个地区转移到另一个地区。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Secondly, it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuine capacity for sympathy, a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of other people, especially, since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and feelings of children.

第二，教师不仅需要而且必须具有真正的同情能力，理解他人的思想和感受的能力，特别是因为大多数教师都是学校教师，了解儿童的思想和感情。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级While they can’t merely be willed away, I do recommend you remind yourself that whatever happened is in the past, and nothing can change that.

虽然它们不能只是被意志所左右，但我建议你提醒自己，无论发生什么都是过去的事，没有什么能改变这一点。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs.

医学领域传统上没有区分仅仅“没有生病”的人和健康状况良好并关注身体特殊需求的人。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales.

我告诉自己，我只是一个经验丰富的作家，引导这位年轻的作家穿过大厅，我为她的故事的人物、冲突和结局提供了建议。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级A1 Gore calls global warming an "inconvenient truth," as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution.

A1戈尔称全球变暖是一个“不方便的事实”，就好像仅仅认识到它就可以让我们走上解决问题的道路。

2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Are employers merely paying lip service to the DDA?

雇主对DDA只是口头上说说而已吗？

2012年12月大学英语四级真题(3)

四级The traditional textbook merely serves .

传统的教科书只起作用。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第2套)

四级The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton.

传统教科书只是一个骨架。

2013年 6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intelligent, or a solid scientist or something that’s clearly solid praise,’ but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind.

“将这些优秀的信件与一封仅仅好的信件进行比较：‘候选人富有成效，或聪明，或是一位可靠的科学家，或是一些明显值得赞扬的东西’，但没有任何东西能将候选人视为杰出或独一无二的。

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级The artist merely continued his campaign on the other side.

这位艺术家只是在另一边继续他的竞选活动。

2020年9月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研If its message were confined merely to information—and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of the colour of a shirt is subtly persuasive—advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention.

如果它的信息仅仅局限于信息——这本身即使不是不可能，也很难实现，因为即使是衬衫颜色的选择这样的细节也有微妙的说服力——那么广告将是如此无聊，以至于没有人会注意。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions.

测试本身只是工具，其特性可以在特定条件下以合理的精度进行测量。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers.

这不是旅行者的选择问题，也不仅仅是定居者的慈善冲动。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Can this merely be coincidence?

这仅仅是巧合吗？

2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题