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同学你好~
不是的哦，mere的意思是“只凭…就足以 ”
His mere presence (= just the fact that he was there) made her feel afraid.
他当时在场，这就足以让她害怕了。
The mere fact that they were prepared to talk was encouraging.
他们愿意商谈，这就很不错了。

as if mere age were a season for respect 好像仅仅是年长，就足以被尊重了

祝同学学习进步~