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Close collaboration between the Bank and the Fund is not merely desirable, it is essential.

银行与基金会的紧密合作不仅可取，而且必不可少。

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Their habitation was not merely respectable and commodious, but even dignified and imposing.

他们的居所既宽敞舒适又尊严气派.

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Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty.

他认为,不平等是危险的,不仅因为贫富差距过大看起来不好,而且因为不平等本身会破坏向上流动性,使穷人更难摆脱贫困。

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The issue is not merely academic, electrical engineers say.

电气工程师表示，这不仅仅是理论问题。

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His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people.

他所犯的不止是偷窃罪，而是针对老年人的暴力犯罪。

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The television programme is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.

这个电视节目不仅是为了娱乐而且是为了教育而设计的.

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They are not merely helpless victims.

他们并非无助的受害者。

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Your question was not merely provocative.

你的问题不仅仅是挑衅性的.

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Not merely to extract your confession, not to punish you.

不光是要你们招供, 也不光是要惩罚你们.

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Science has become a source of power, not merely a subject fit for fiction.

科学已经成为力量的一种源泉, 而不仅仅是适宜幻想之材.

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The television program is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.

这个电视节目不仅是为了娱乐而且是为了教育而设计的。

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There is a pernicious culture of excellence: everything has to be not merely good but the best.

对于优秀存在着一种认识的误区：一切都务求最好。

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We are experiencing not merely another turn of the business cycle, but a restructuring of the economic order.

我们正在经历着的不仅仅是又一轮的商业周期，而是一次经济秩序的重组。

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This is not merely a matter of wording.

这不只是个提法问题.

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The distinctions between Latin America and Anglo America are not merely linguistic but also cultural.

拉丁美洲与盎格鲁美洲不但有不同的语文，还有不同的文化。

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They understood he was not merely trying to sum up the artist.

他们明白他不只是在说明艺术家的特性.

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Translation is not merely a transferring activity between two languages.

翻译不是纯语言的转换活动，它体现了不同文化之间的交流。

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The car is not merely fast but also comfortable.

车子不仅快而且舒服。

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These stages are not merely descriptive.

这些阶段不只是说明性的.

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Justice Scalia concluded that actual presence, not merely proximity, was required.

斯卡利亚法官得出结论,只有实际使用, 而不是靠近这些土地才能达到要求.

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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。

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It is a " damned human race " in a not merely expletive sense.

那是 “ 倒霉的人类 ”,这样说并非只是感叹的意思.

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What people respect in a person is not merely his fine appearance.

一般人所敬重的，并不是他的相貌堂堂。

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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.

学生不只是在学校受益，他们要比没有大学毕业的人要健康、幸福，也更乐于投票。

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New economy is not merely an economy of technology.

新经济不是科技经济.

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We do not merely destroy our enemies.

我们不单单要打败敌人.

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They are not merely content to fill the stomach.

他们不仅仅满足于填饱肚子.

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The challenge today is not merely to improve the material standards of living.

今天的要求不仅在于改进物质生活的标准.

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I judged by actions, not merely by words.

我根据行动，而不是只根据语言进行判断。

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The team needs players who want to play cricket for England, not merely any country that will have them

球队需要的是想为英格兰而战的板球选手，而不是愿为任何国家打球的选手。

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