She did not answer, she merely looked at him.

她没有回答，只是望着他。

youdao

The woman's lips seemed to move, as though she were talking; but because she merely spoke in an undertone, or my senses were dulled by sleep, I did not catch a word she uttered.

那女人的嘴巴似乎在动，好象在讲话，但不知是因为她讲话的声音太低了，还是因为我的听觉已因浓浓的睡意而变迟钝了，总之她讲的话我一个字也没听清楚。

youdao

She merely dallied with his affections.

她只是戏弄他。

youdao

She merely exhales when she strikes the ball, rather than loudly grunting like many of her WTA colleagues.

WSJ: Agnieszka Radwanska: The Subtlest Player at Wimbledon

She merely sucked in breath at the bite of the icy water through her rubber sheath, then pushed off from the raft.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Assassins Gallery'

Iris claimed that she merely wanted a say in operating it.

FORBES: Getting between the wall and the wallpaper