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嗯，但是你必须等我。 Mmm, but you must wait for me.
那把椅子原本是为你准备的，但是被她拿走了。 The chair was intended for you, but she took it away.
我不喜欢他，但是说句公道话，他是个好工人。 I don't like him, but, to give him his due, he is a good worker.
我喜欢他的写作风格，但是不喜欢他的内容。 I like the style of his writing but I don't like the content.
这条路线旅行的人以前常走，但是现在已不用了。 The route was once much travelled but has fallen into disuse.
你那篇文章的内容好极了, 但是表达方式不太好. The content of your essay is excellent, but it's not very well expressed.
我八点钟就到医院了，但是九点钟我才去值班。 I arrive at the hospital at eight o'clock, but I don't go on duty until nine.
他们探索过各种途径，但是没有找到解决的办法。 They exploded every avenue but could not find a solution.
起初她威胁要解雇我们所有的人，但是后来她态度软化了。 At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.
他学得慢，但是他表现出不屈不挠的毅力。 He is slow to learn, but shows great perseverance.
我们赢得了合同，但是却经过了多次不屈不挠的谈判才达到目的。 We won the contract but only through a lot of tough negotiating.
我基本上同意你的建议, 但是有几个小问题有待商榷. Basically I agree with your proposals, but there are a few small points I'd like to discuss.
那老太太想开录像机, 但是越搞越糊涂. The old lady gets in(to) a muddle trying to work the video.
我比较了复印件和原件，但是差别不是很大。 I compared the copy with the original, but there was not much difference.
他观察敏锐, 但是很少说话. He observes keenly, but says little.
我也认为不卫生，但是我对病菌的抵抗力很高。 I don't think so, either, but my resistance to germs is high.
我的判断经常出错，但是我对祖国的忠诚是无可置疑的。 My judgement was frequently faulty, but my loyalty to the nation could not be questioned.
前年夏天它就坏了。虽然我早就许诺过我自己修，但是我从未腾出空来。 It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.
那位百万富翁是从很少的钱开始的．但是在最充分利用机会方面表现出他的本领。 That millionaire started with very little, but showed a skill in playing his cards right.
起先，大厅里挤得满满的，但是他一开始讲话，人们便陆陆续续离去，不一会儿，剩下听他发言的人便寥寥无几了。 At first the hall was full, but people began to trickle out soon after the beginning of his speech, and soon there were very few left to hear the speaker.
但是我们彼此合作的领域还在不断增加。我们已经商定在贸易、技术、投资以及科学与管理专门知识的交流等方面更密切地合作。 But the areas of our mutual cooperation continue to expand. We have already agreed to cooperate more closely in trade, technology, investment, and exchanges of scientific and managerial expertise.
它不会伤害你，但是农药会。 It won't hurt you, but chemicals will.
我妹妹每天都吃天然食品，但是我不吃。 My sister eats natural foods every day, but I don't.
但是，英语的确有一个可能的致命敌人这就是它自身。 But, English does have one possible mortal enemy-itself.
他的举止起初让人很不愉快, 但是经过进一步接触他改了许多. His manner seemed unpleasant at first, but he improved on further acquaintance.
我无法引用确切的原文, 但是我可以告诉你作者所述的要点. I can't quote chapter and verse but I can give you the main points the author was making.
她不但是摄影师还是个天才的音乐家. She is a talented musician as well as being a photographer.
那套梳子非常漂亮，非常特别，但是太贵了。 That set of comb is very beautiful and special, but it costs much.
第一架飞机是不完善的，但是并不因此就把它砸烂抛掉。 The first airplane was not perfect but is was not chopped up and abandoned on that score.
实践与理论一样重要，但是我们易于珍视后者而轻视前者。 Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.
珍将她的珍珠项链送到了好几个市场，但是没有找到买主。 Jane send her pearl necklace to several market, but find no purchaser.
工作完成了--好倒是好--但是答应给我们的奖金给不给? The job's done, that's all well and good but what about the bonus we were promised?
这里的膳宿供应也许不见得完全令人满意，但是我们只好随遇而安。 The accommodation may not be all that we should like, but we shall have to make the best of it.
＂老板威胁说要解雇所有同情罢工的员工，但是这不过是恐吓而已。＂ "The boss threatened to dismiss all the employees who had expressed their sympathy for the strike, but it's all bluff."
我很想听听可能会发生什麽变动, 但是（关於这一点）不管怎麽打听, 他们就是不说. I wanted to hear about possible changes, but I couldn't draw them (on that).
我想他在讲演中所要说的每个问题，对你来说，都可能是老生常谈，但是，因为我不是人类学家，我倒觉得它趣味横生，资料丰富哩。 I dare say anything he had to say in the lecture would have been old stuff to you but since I'm not an anthropologist I found it very interesting and informative.
他的书法不错，但是很难和你的相比。 His handwriting is not bad, but it's hardly comparable with yours.
我今天提早工作都做完了，但是别人都还在工作，我不好意思回家。 I have gotten my work all done ahead of time today, but I'd feel guilty going home while everybody else is still work.
我试图使思想集中起来，但是我太激动了。 I tried to collect my thoughts but I was too excited.
你可以以这种眼光看待事物, 但是社会可不会跟你一样。 You may look at things that way, but society won't.
但是我们不必象对待其他矿藏那样把人送下去将油取出。 But we do not need to send men down to get the oil out, as we must with other mineral deposits.
尽管被众人质问，但是这位领导人仍然表现出神气十足的样子。 Despite being heckled by the crowd, the leader bore himself with dignity.
总的来说，这篇文章写得不坏，但是有些小错，因此显得美中不足。 The essay is well-done on the whole. It is, however, marred here and there by slight inaccuracies.
我了解你提出的这个计划的所有优越性，但是现在首要的问题是我们没钱投入，再说也没用。 I am aware of all the advantages of the scheme you propose, but we haven't the money to put down in the first place, and there's an end of it.
虽然富人和穷人住在一起，但是条件相差极为悬殊。 Rich and poor live side by side but in conditions of extraordinary disparity.
我已经注意到有些雇员上班迟到一个小时. 我不点出名字来, 但是要是你觉得我说的是你.... I have noticed some employees coming to work an hour late. I shall name no names, but if the cap fits....
我听说有人能回忆起童年甚至婴儿时期的一些往事，但是我的过去依依稀稀，我确实记不清了。 I hear of people recalling incidents from their early childhood—and even their infancy—but my dim and distant past is very dim indeed to me.
他过去毫不留情地欺侮他的秘书，但是如被逼太甚，最温顺者也会反抗的，结果有一天她不辞而别了。 He used to bully his secretary without mercy, but even a worm will turn and one day she walked out and left her job without even saying goodbye.
但是他的阶级本能使他把历史弄颠倒了。 But his class instinct led him to turn history upside down.
大门锁上了，但是我们从篱笆的缺口中钻了出去。 The gate was locked but we went through a gap in the fence.
当然，父亲会经常供给一些零钱，但是叔叔和婶婶也总是额外收入的源泉。 Father, of course, provides a regular supply of pocket-money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.
全部艰苦的工作都是我做的，但是我的老板却宣布那是他自己的发现，窃取了我的发明创造。 I did all the hard work but my boss stole my thunder by announcing the discovery as his own
对我们来说，猫是热情又充满深情的动物，但是在鸟儿和老鼠看来，猫是恶毒的食肉动物。 Cats are warm and affectionate creatures to us, but viewed through the eyes of birds and mice they are vicious predators.
莫斯科电视为撤军做了广泛的报导，一则苏联电视报导说车队曾受攻击，但是并未提供细节。　 Moscow television carried extensive coverage of the pullout. A Soviet television correspondence said the convoy had come under fire but did not provide details.
但是能否以这样的方法把激光发展到可以在空，凤摧毁进攻的导弹呢？ But can laser beams be developed in such a way to destroy attacking missiles in space?
＂但是到目前为止，公众已经用书信向新闻界对大学生们表示感激。＂ "But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press."
但是你曾经有过用你的视觉去看透一个朋友或相识的内在本质的时候吗？ But does it ever occur to you to use your sight to see into the inner nature of a friends or acquaintance?
＂这个探测队接着把整个山洞彻底地搜寻了一遍，但是，除了一只空铁皮箱以外什么也没找到。＂ The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
基蒂对我们抚育孩子的方式一向吹毛求疵，但是她当了母亲之后，就开始改变她的腔调了。 Kitty used to be very critical of the way we raised our children, but when she became a mother herself she began to change her tune.
抗辩一种表示反对的方法即：同意对方论据中的事实，但是否定对方基于这些事实的辩护 A method of objecting that admits the facts of the opponent's argument but denies that they sustain the pleading based upon them.
"父母们所了不解的是，脂肪提供非常宝贵的热量，并且每个细胞都需要脂肪和胆固醇才能生长，"她说。"胆固醇的名声太坏，我们从来看不到它好的一面，但是它对孩童，尤其两岁以下的，极为重要。" "What parents don't understand is that fat provides very valuable calories and that every cell needs fat and cholesterol to grow, " she said. "Cholesterol has gotten such bad press that we never see it in a good light, but it is essential for children, especially those under2."