mere
英検2級・大学受験ほんの・単なる
意味
- ほんの,単なる
- 湖,池
例文
She said that the mere sight of him made her sick.
あの男を一目見るだけで気分が悪くなると彼女が言った。
The mere thought of it is enough to make me happy.
その事を考えただけで楽しくなる。
Charlie was a mere child when I saw him last.
チャーリーは私がこの前会った時はほんの子供だった。
語源
ラテン語merus「混じりけのない・純粋な」から。ほかに何も混じらずただそれだけ「ほんの・単なる」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”). Cognate with Old English āmerian, āmyrian (“to purify, examine, revise”). The Middle English word was perhaps influenced by or conflated with sound-alike Middle English mere (“glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure”), from Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.