Bytedance is aiming for more than mere social responsibility.

字节跳动的目标不是履行社会责任。

This was just a mere 10 years ago.

这是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念品？”

The journey took a mere 43 seconds.

整个过程只用了43秒钟。

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获取真正的生活，而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，与简单的爱情相比，跨国婚姻就要复杂得多。

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

多数人在大多是鹦鹉舌而已。

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。

Now, how might mere exposure lead to intellectual enrichment?

那是接触书怎么就能丰富智力呢？

But a mere five minutes after they started scanning, this happened.

但就在他们开始扫描五分钟后，就发生了这样的事情。

Jobs was not motivated by mere adventure.

驱动乔布斯的并不单纯是冒险精神。

It has a population of a mere 49 souls.

只有49个人生活在那里。

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.

蜜蜂不是蜂蜜生产者。

Now this is more than a mere moment.

它远不只是一个场景瞬间。

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

这都没关系，因为有新衣服什么都改变不了。

It is a mere 40km (25 miles) across.

它只有40公里（25英里）宽。

For a long time, I considered it mere words.

在很长一段间里，我认为那就是句空话罢了。