Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.
媒体大量地报道这些事件只会使问题持续下去.
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It's important to write these goals down, rather than merely think about them.
一定要把这些目标写下来,不要光在脑子里想。
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His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people.
他所犯的不止是偷窃罪,而是针对老年人的暴力犯罪。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
In justification of his conduct, he pleaded that he was merely obeying orders.
他推说他仅是在遵照命令行事来为自己的行为辩解.
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