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当父母可是件辛苦的事。 Being a parent can be hard work.
这演说很动听，可是没什么内容。 It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.
尽管他帮助过我，可是我还是恨他。 I hate him albeit he helped me.
沿海地区的冬天天气暖和，可是相比之下中部平原却异常寒冷。 The coastal areas have mild winters, but by contrast the central plains become extremely cold.
我在街上遇到她，可是当我向她微笑时，她却连招呼都没有向我打一个。 I passed her in the street but she didn't even acknowledge me when I smiled.
我一整天围着火热的炉子辛辛苦苦地做出这顿饭，可是他们现在几乎一点儿也没有吃。 I slaved away all day over a hot stove to produce this meal, and now they've hardly eaten any of it.
父亲想到乡下去，可是孩子们吵着要去海滨。 Father wanted to go to the country, but the children were whooping it up for the beach.
那项要求很有意思，可是你有证件加以证明吗？ That's a very interesting claim, but can you document it?
他最初的反应是不同意。可是後来他改变了主意。 His first response was to say no. Later, however, he changed his mind.
她好像够亲切的, 可是我不应该信以为真. She seems friendly enough but I shouldn't take her at (her) face value.
人家告诉我她很可爱，可是她根本不是那样。 People had told me she was very pleasant but she's nothing of the kind.
我想拦住他, 不让他进门, 可是他硬闯进来了. I tried to stop him coming through the door but he just barged (his way) in.
大家都知道这老头儿精神有点失常，可是他有些想法听起来并不那么古怪。 Everybody knows the old man's got bats in the belfry, but some of his ideas are not as crazy as they sound.
我得有经验才能找到工作, 可是没有工作我就无法获得经验--这真是个恶性循环. I need experience to get a job but without a job I can't get experience it's a vicious circle.
我用力把螺丝往木头上拧，可是拧不进去，又掉出来了。 I've put the screw in the wood as tightly as I can, but it won't stay in, it keeps slipping out.
他总吹嘘自己在网球场上的杰出技术，可是帕姆毫不费力地连续数局败他，使他马上威风扫地。 He was boasting as usual about his prowess on the tennis court, but Pam soon cut him down to size by beating him effortlessly in straight sets.
欧洲进一步统一的计划可以尚未定案，可是从赫尔辛基到罗马的人在最近几星期得到一个时常令人痛苦的教训：他们各国的经济已经如何地牵扯在一起了。 Europe's plans for further unification may be up in the air, but people from Helsinki to Rome have been learning an often painful lesson in recent weeks about how entwined their economies have already become.
他装作一本正经，可是你看得出他是在开玩笑。 He pretended to be serious, but you could tell that he had hi tongue in his cheek.
他使劲向我做手势, 可是我不明白他的意思. He was gesticulating wildly at me, but I could not understand what he was trying to tell me.
杰克试图警告她，可是风怒浪吼，他无法让她听见她说的话。 Jack tried to warn her but couldn't make his voice heard above the roar of wind and water.
国防开支可削减不得--那可是关天关地的事! You can't cut spending on defence that's sacrosanct!
我们已（互相）通信多年了, 可是我从未见过他本人. We've corresponded (with each other) (ie written to each other) for years but I've never actually met him.
可是我在一家迪斯科舞会上亲眼看到他，千真万确，他在和一个年龄只他一半大的姑娘跳舞。 But I saw him myself in a disco as large as life, dancing with a girl half his age.
他动不动就发火，可是过后又把它当笑话说。 He often carries the short fuse in his pocket and joke about it afterwards.
我要是不受约束就好了，可是我的合同还要约束我三年 I wish I were a free agent, but my contract binds me for three more years.
情况很可怕，可是还一个劲儿地议论让人觉得更可怕。 The situation is frightful, but it's just piling on the agony to keep discussing it.
人难得生病，可是旁观者们却以为他势将必死，并因这一线希望而精神百倍起来。 A person seldom falls sick, but the bystander is animated with a faint hope that he will die.
他向她讲解那音乐的妙处，可是这无异于对牛弹琴。 He explained the beauty of the music to her but it was casting pearls before swine.
有人说布什因选举大会开得不好以及竞选方法不佳而受害。可是即使两者都做得较好，结果也将是一样。我想根本问题也不在于经济。 Some will say Mr. Bush was done in by a bad convention and a bad campaign. But if both had gone better the outcome would have been the same. And I don't think it all came down to the economy, either.
工作大部分是她做的, 可是荣誉都归他了. She did most of the work but all the kudos went to him.
这包应装有十个螺丝钉, 可是短了两个. This packet is supposed to contain ten screws, but it's two short.
她把棍子朝里面捅了好深，可是没有动物出来。 She poked the stick in a long way, but no animal came out.
这些细节原属秘密，可是不知怎么给泄露出去了。 The details were supposed to be secret but somehow leaked out.
我扣动了扳机，可是枪打不响，那鹿也就逃走了。 I pulled the trigger, but the gun hung fire and the deer escaped.
这部影片被吹捧为杰作, 可是我觉得令人失望. The film was built up to be a masterpiece, but I found it very disappointing.
亨利英勇奋战，可是打败了。 Henry put up a good fight, but was beaten.
我的秤准确无误，太太。可是你称过你的小儿子了吗？ My scales are all right, madam. Have you weighted your little boy?
我倒是想要一套新的立体声音响器材, 可是没这笔钱（买）. I'd like a new stereo, but I haven't got the wherewithal (to buy it).
他以为他的构思最好，可是还是差了一点；它只得了二等奖。 He thought his idea was the best, but it was a near miss; it only won second prize.
我想我很可能得到这份工作, 可是假设鲍勃也申请的话, 那[他]可能使我的计画落空. I think I'm likely to get the job, but if Bob applies for it too it/he could queer my pitch.
警察局说该局反对非执法人员私自执法，可是辖区警员及当地居民对该［警卫］公司的策略颇感兴趣。 The Police Department says it opposes vigilante justice, but officers on the beat and neighborhood residents say they are enthusiastic about the company's tactics.
道格培里：老爷，弗吉斯先生讲起话来总是有点缠夹不清；他年纪大了，老爷，……可是说句良心话，他是个老实不过的人。 Dog-berry: Goodman Verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir,…but, in faith, honest as the skin between his brows.
虽然助选团故意贬低她的作用，可是她以她的长才试行州长的想法，挑剔他的理论，评论他的演讲，并且时常指出他竞选作业的弱点并予改正。 Although the campaign plays down her role, she is the talent that test-drives the Governor's ideas, punches holes in his theories, comments on his speeches and often identifies the weak spots in his campaign operation and helps get them corrected.
赫德并未讨论限期，可是他告诉英国广播公司说，国际联盟“行将达到的阶段是：大家都对现局加以估计，看我们所建立的以和平方式施压是否有效。” Mr.Hurd did not discuss deadlines, but he told the BBC that the international coalition was"approaching the stage when we all take stock and see if the peaceful pressures which we have been constructing are going to be good enough."
"尽人皆知，苏联对古巴这时的发展感到不快，"这位［欧洲］外交官说。可是他又说，苏联允许国内及东欧有较多的自由，"若强行逼迫加勒比海的盟邦，那可真是矛盾。" "It's no secret that the Soviets are not happy about the developments here in Cuba, " the [European] diplomat said. But he added that with the Soviets permitting more freedom at home and within Eastern Europe, "it would be a real contradiction to twist the arm of its Caribbean ally."