the meaning of word "simply"
He admitted that as there were simply too many companies competing with one another.
I dont think the word "simply" means only, then what does it mean here?

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the meaning of word "simply"
He admitted that as there were simply too many companies competing with one another.
I dont think the word "simply"  means  only, then what does it mean here?

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Simply also means "in the most basic way" (think about "a simple life", "simple clothes" etc.)
The author is saying that the basic cause of the failure was that there were too many companies, although the situation may appear more complex.

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"...there were just too many companies...." 
In this case, you could also use "really".  I think the equivalent Chinese word would be 真, or perhaps 就是.   Anybody better than me in Chinese (which is just about everybody) feel free to correct me on this.

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