But this is not a business that can be undertaken in a day or swiftly improvised by a mere command of the will.

但这不是能一蹴而就的事情,也不能单靠毅力就能临时凑成。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第四册

This I did by mere mallet and chisel, and by hard labour, till I had a very handsome boat.

干这些活时，我只有槌子和凿子，劳动非常艰苦。

属类：学习英语-许国璋英语-鲁宾逊

The scientific revolution outshines everything and reduces the Renaissance and Reformation to the rank of mere episodes.

科技革命超越了一切，使得文艺复兴和宗教改革相形之下成为只不过小小的插曲而已。

属类：学习英语-陈述句-比较句

The common meeting place fro Maori is on the mere , an area of land with a meetinghouse, where all-important events take place.

毛利人聚会的地点通常是在麦利会堂，这是一个前面建有会堂的开阔场地，一切重大的活动都在这儿举行。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

He may be conceited, ill mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect for elders--as if mere age were a reason for respect.

青年人可能自命不凡,举止粗鲁,自行其是或者沾沾自喜,但我并不为了保护自己而求助于一些枯燥的陈词滥调以表达对长者的尊敬--仿佛只有年龄才是尊敬的理由。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第四册

He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere &50.

他多次向我详细讲他如何花50英镑便买到一位名家的杰作

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

他们发狂似的一处又一处瞎转,徒然想以喧嚣和走动逃避厌烦对他的报复。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第四册

Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.

他瞥了一眼地图，告诉我们前面再走不到20英里就是一个村庄。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

He was glad to get away with a mere five guineas and he beat a hasty retreat, clutching the precious bottle under his arm.

他庆幸自己才破费20英镑便得以脱身。他把那只宝贵的瓶子放在腋下夹着，溜之大吉。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

我的许多朋友都住在城市，但他们只要一提起乡村，马上就会变得欣喜若狂。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere hour and seventeen minutes.

这是趟直达车，旅途总共才需1小时17分钟

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册