You sitting there may be merely my dream, and I may be your nightmare.

你坐在那里也许只是我的梦，而我也许就是你的梦魇。

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Their effect may be merely to shift the problem from the Gulf of Aden to the Indian Ocean.

它们的作用可能只是将问题从亚丁湾转移到印度洋。

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But this shouldn't be merely an exercise in empathy.

但是这不应该只是移情作用。

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For instance, you sitting there may be merely my dream, and I may be your nightmare.

比如，你坐在那可能仅仅是我在做梦，而我可能是你的梦魇。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

iterature cannot merely be received as a definite unit of referential meaning that can be decoded without leaving a residue.

文学不能仅仅以一个确切的参考性意思的单位来理解,这种参考性意思的单位在破解时不会留下任何残余。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

To be a king, one need merely put forth one's regal state, one simply needs to act kingly.

欲称王，只需要有帝国的疆域，言行举止好似一个王就可。

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Was this a moment of inspiration, destined to be merely imitated or abandoned altogether?

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We would not be ignoring the problems, we would be merely shifting our perspective.

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Mr Alfonsin, striving to keep the alliance intact, argued that the vote would be merely symbolic.

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