查询词典 mere formality

As to the great service,' said Carton,'I am bound to avow to you, when you speak of it in that way, that it was mere professional claptrap .

"至于那个大忙，"卡尔顿说，既然你说得那么郑重其事，我倒不能不向你发誓，那只不过是一种手法，为了耸人听闻而已。

This was not a mere empty vaunt, but a deliberate avowal of his real sentiments.

这倒不是一个空洞的吹牛，而是他真实感情的供状。

Now it is axiomatic that God can do anything, such as shortening this current period to mere months.

现在，这是不言自明，上帝可以做任何事情，如缩短这个本期仅仅个月。

Of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness.

但你却不能只因为是坏的缘故而是坏的。

In particular, we should point out is that development and standardization of the sound will become a mere scrap of paper, a system failures and system virtual home phenomenon without a balanced force.

用来解释制度的三种社会作用力还可以用来解释国家、社会以及人的自由和发展。来源：ABCba论文ff网www.abclunwen.com

For I must remark, Thrasymachus, if you will recall what was previously said, that although you began by defining the true physician in an exact sense, you did not observe a like exactness when speaking of the shepherd; you thought that the shepherd as a shepherd tends the sheep not with a view to their own good, but like a mere diner or banqueter with a view to the pleasures of the table; or, again, as a trader for sale in the market, and not as a shepherd.

我必须提请你注意，斯拉斯马科斯，如果你愿意回顾一下你前面所说的话，虽然你开始的时候要求以精确的旨意去定义现实中的医生，后来你在谈到牧羊人时却未能观察到类似的精确性；牧羊人在你看来，不是从他们自身利益的角度去看管羊群的，而是从类似就餐者或晚宴食客想让餐桌充满愉快的角度去看管羊群的；或者，还可以被看作集贸市场上的羊群交易者，而不是被当作牧羊人来看待。

It may be disagreeable and painful to him, perhaps, to see an unknown face at such a moment of sadness; besides, what can I say to him now, when at the mere sight of him my heart is throbbing and leaping into my mouth?

在这悲哀的时刻，一张陌生的面孔想必会使他感到厌恶和难受，而且现在，当我朝他望一眼就会感到心悸、口干舌燥的时候，我能够对他说些什么话！

And its causes will be quite distinct in kind from those which explain mere marks.

语言的门道，和那些解释仅仅是墨迹的门道，在种类上大大不同。

You will do just fine as long as you comprehend the essential mechanics and don't allow yourself to be distracted by mere surface details.

不要被游戏的表面细节所困扰，只有当你们很好的理解了游戏的机制之后，才能把游戏玩的很好。

Henceforth a thorough knowledge of Ecclesiasticus will be indispensable for any who wish to study the analogous portions of the Bible, although it has thus far been impossible to determine the relation of Ecclesiastes and Ecclesiasticus from a mere comparison of the two books, despite their frequent points of contact.

从此彻底了解Ecclesiasticus将是必不可少的任何谁希望研究类似部分的圣经，但迄今无法确定的关系，传道书和Ecclesiasticus由单纯比较两本书，尽管他们经常点的联系。

It's bell can reach over a meter in diameter.

它的身体最大可以达到直径1米多。

Now they are overdue and I shall have to pay a fine.

现在他们过期了，我不得不付罚款。