(1)仅，只不过(no more important than，nothing more than)[作attrib]：He is a～boy(child).他只不过是个孩子。It's a～pretext.这只不过是托词而已。a～20 miles a day每天仅20英里;a～50 cents an hour每小时只50美分;a～2 percent of the population仅占人口的2%;a～hundred yards away from sb's home离某人的家仅100码远;It is a～trifle.这只是件小事。It's～words.这不过是空话。〖同〗only;

the merest sth极小(不重要)的……：The～whisper makes him angry.仅小小的传闻就使他很生气。She became sad at the～suggestion of criticism.仅是一点批评的迹象就使她情绪低落。

→′merely adv 仅仅，不过