"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

merely adverbio

verbo + merely
Kolokacji: 398
merely nod • merely smile • merely try • merely look • merely give • merely serve • merely want • merely use • merely take • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 57
(2) smile, grin, sniff
Kolokacji: 3
(13) wish, hope
Kolokacji: 2
(25) laugh, chuckle
Kolokacji: 2
(26) offer, warn, threaten
Kolokacji: 3
(31) touch, hint, allude
Kolokacji: 3
(38) open, display
Kolokacji: 2
(39) copy, imitate, mimic
Kolokacji: 3
(40) base, establish
Kolokacji: 2
(42) imply, involve, possess
Kolokacji: 3
(45) throw, confuse, distract
Kolokacji: 3
(46) scratch, brush, graze, rub
Kolokacji: 4
(47) drop, ignore, dismiss, purse
Kolokacji: 4
(49) treat, indulge, discuss
Kolokacji: 3
(51) prolong, perpetuate, preserve
Kolokacji: 3
(53) sleep, dream
Kolokacji: 2
(54) amuse, divert
Kolokacji: 2
(56) stun, slap
Kolokacji: 2
(57) tinker, restore
Kolokacji: 2
1. merely restore = jedynie przywróć merely restore
2. merely tinker = jedynie majstruj merely tinker
  • But others have a different worry: that the Clinton Administration will merely tinker with an organization many wanted eliminated as a political force.
  • Others agree that merely tinkering with formulas set a dozen years ago makes no sense.
  • The station started in the 1950s by a handful of students who were merely tinkering with random parts.
  • Unfortunately it seems that it has been the agricultural ministry which has won the debate, and Britain is merely tinkering with the problem.
  • In the next few weeks Congress will decide whether it will overhaul or merely tinker with health care.
  • Federal spending, in short, is already so big (and fixed) relative to either man's aspirations that even their boldest proposals merely tinker at the margins.
  • Merely tinkering with existing rules, he goes on, is absurd, given the serious illness of the patient.
  • "Merely tinkering at the edges of policy on early care and education" is not enough, she says.
  • In essence, however, that is merely tinkering with the symptoms.
  • Laudable as the proposed changes are, in many ways they are merely tinkering around the edges.
merely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 53
merely curious • content merely • merely human • merely decorative • merely symbolic • ...

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