This was just a mere 10 years ago.

这仅仅是10年前的事。

" You think this a mere symbolic keepsake, then? "

“这么说你觉得这纯粹只是个象征性的纪品？”

The journey took a mere 43 seconds.

整个过程只用了43秒钟。

Bytedance is aiming for more than mere social responsibility.

字节跳动的目标不仅仅是履行社会责任。

The empire lasted a mere dozen years.

帝国只延续了十二年。

You must want real life, not mere pleasure of sensual gratification.

为此，你必须将自己的终极目标设定为取真正的生活，而决不能因为一些世俗的感官享受就感到心满意足。

However, the mixed marriages are far more complicated than the mere love.

然而，的爱情相比，跨国婚姻就要复杂得多。

Until now, however, that was mere supposition.

当然，现在看来那也仅仅是猜测罢了。

Most people, most of the time, are mere parrots.

多数人在大多时候仅仅是鹦鹉学舌而已。

The wells of the Sahara are mere holes dug in the sand.

撒哈拉的井只是沙漠中挖的洞。

Human societies, though, are more complex than mere dyads.

然而人类社会关系远比两两之间更为复杂。

Now, how might mere exposure lead to intellectual enrichment?

那仅仅是接触书怎么就能丰富智力呢？

Jobs was not motivated by mere adventure.

驱动乔布斯的并不纯是冒险精神。

It has a population of a mere 49 souls.

只有49个人生活在那里。

What would come next would go beyond the mere reparative.

接下来的就不是弥补就能弥补得了的问题了。

Though among super-eruptions, it is a mere firework.

话虽如此，和其他超级喷发比起来，这只是一束烟花。

Some are reduced to mere piles of rubble.

还有些已沦为一堆堆瓦砾。

See the honeybee is not a mere honey producer.

蜜蜂不仅仅是蜂蜜生产者。

Now this is more than a mere moment.

它远不仅仅只是一个场景瞬间。

It doesn't matter, because mere clothes changed nothing.

这都没关系，因为仅有新衣服什么都改变不了。