1·Not merely had she degraded herself; she had degraded him.
她不仅贬低了自己，也贬低了他。
2·It says that the problem is not merely that people do bad science, but that our current system of career advancement positively encourages it.
它认为，问题不只在于人们研究的科学质量低下，而且还在于我们当前的职业发展体系积极鼓励这种做法。
3·These reforms are not merely cosmetic.
这些改革不仅仅是装点门面的。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·It is not merely a job, but a way of life.
这不仅仅是一份工作，而且是一种生活方式。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them.
这个队需要愿意为加拿大比赛的运动员，而不仅仅是愿意为任何一个雇用他们的国家去比赛的运动员。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground.
伽利略从比萨斜塔上扔下不同重量的物体，并计算它们的下落时间。他要实现的不仅是他的勃勃雄心。
7·While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images.
看电视的时候，孩子们接收到的不仅仅是文字和图像。
8·This is a huge drop and it is important to note that this was not merely a decline in reading paper books, newspapers or magazines.
这是一个巨大的下降，值得注意的是，这不仅仅是阅读纸质书籍、报纸或杂志的下降。
9·Mr. Prance hopes that his invention will not merely be more comfortable than today's electrode-based detectors, but will also be able to do new things.
Prance 先生希望他的发明不仅仅是比现代基于电极的探测器更舒适，而且还能做一些新的事情。
10·Students do not merely benefit while at university; studies show they go on to be healthier and happier than non-graduates, and also far more likely to vote.
学生不仅在大学期间受益；研究表明，比起非大学毕业生，他们更加健康快乐，也更可能去投票。