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我们尽可谈论美的事物，然而美本身却是抽象的。 We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.
他的确有一副严肃的脸孔，但内心却是很富幽默感。 Indeed he has a solemn face, but he is very humorous at heart.
她热爱自己的家庭, 但家庭却是她事业的累赘. She loves her family, but they're a drag on her career.
我花了５０英镑在商场上买了一件所谓的便宜瓷器，结果却是一文不值。我只得把此事引以为训。 I paid fifty pounds in the market for a so-called bargain piece of porcelain which turned out to be worthless; I'll just have to chalk it up to experience.
直接法虽不见得是最简单的，但却是最普通的机器翻译方法。 The direct approach is the most common, though not always the simplest, method of computer translation.
她受聘虽说是临时性的, 但却是一大成功. Her appointment was a significant, (al)though/albeit temporary success.
玛丽辛辛苦苦把约翰的房间打扫干净，不料她所得到的却是一番侮辱。 Mary worked hard to clean up John's room, but all she got for her trouble was a kick in the teeth.
法官的本分是执行法律（主持正义），惟其所行者，却是在拖延（其执行）。 The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is delay it.
1986年布什所预料到的尴尬情形果然发生了。他的政治生涯的确受到威胁。他[对里根]的效忠到了瘫痪自己的程度。这固然是个人美德，但在政治上却是障碍。 The dilemma that Bush foresaw in1986 has come to pass. His political career is indeed at stake, and his paralyzing loyalty is becoming a political handicap as well as a personal virtue.
她虽然身有残疾, 却是个游泳好手. She swims well despite her disabilities.
这地方虽然简陋，却是我们的会议厅。 Crude and simple, this place had to serve as the meeting hall.
在英国, 女王是君主而治理国家的却是民选的代表. In Britain the Queen reigns, but elected representatives of the people govern the country.