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你只是说说而已。 You are just saying that.
这只是时间问题。 It's only a matter of time.
他只是一个三岁的孩子。 He is only a child of three.
他没有回答，只是继续一点一点地吃东西。 He didn't answer, but just continued to nibble at his food.
在一般情况下他都和我们一起来, 只是他现在身体不太好. In the ordinary way he would have come with us, but he's not feeling well.
学习英语口语不只是玩游戏而已。 Spoken English learning is not all beer and skittle.
我的周末过得很无聊--只是在屋子里 转转或者看看电视. My weekend was boring I just floated about (the house) or watched TV.
夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。 The setting sun had boundless beauty, Just because the yellow dusk is so near.
最初她只是微笑，後来才放声大笑。 First of all she just smiled, then she started to laugh.
我只是出于好奇，请问你买这辆车花了多少钱？ Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car?
这本书可能有用，只是相当贵。 The book is likely to be useful, only it's rather expensive.
我不是说她真在外层空间--这只是打个比方. I didn't really mean she was in outer space it's just a figure of speech.
他只是表面诚实而已。 He is honest only on the surface.
他只是在玩弄她的感情。 He's just trifling with her affections.
那两个情人只是偷偷地会面。 The two lovers had met only by stealth.
他只是短期外出--至多一周. He's only away for short periods a week at the longest.
他只是因为受人激将才参加竞赛. He only entered the competition for a dare.
他以为她爱上他，但只是梦想而已。 He thinks she is in love with him, but it's only a dream.
这些东西的区别只是大小不同而实质一样. They differ in size but not in kind.
他的家乡只是地图上一个不起眼的小城。 His hometown is an insignificant city on the map.
他确实是想帮忙，然而事实上却只是帮倒忙。 No doubt he means to help, but in fact he just get in the way.
那个傻孩子从来不做事，只是整天游手好闲。 That silly child never does anything; he just fools about all day long.
这两种体系只是在表面上有某种相似之处, 其实根本不同. There is only a formal resemblance between the two systems; they are in fact radically different.
他只是偶尔一次公开自己的观点。 Only rarely does he let his own views become public.
地球只是宇宙中众多星球中的一个。 The Earth is only one of the numerous planets in the universe.
他仅把结婚当作达到目的的手段, 他只是想要妻子的财产. He regarded his marriage merely as a means to an end: he just wanted his wife's wealth.
这些被警察抓住的犯罪分子只是些小鱼，他们的头子却跑掉了。 These criminals arrested by the police are only minnows, their leader has escaped.
把铝和其他金属混合，科学家们能够制造出各种合金，其中一些具有钢一样的强度，但其重量只是钢的三分之一。 By mixing aluminium with other metals, scientists have been able to produce a variety of alloys, some of which have the strength of steel but weigh only one third as much.
她的天真只是一种伪装。 Her innocence is only an imitation.
我没有真正地看过这本书，只是浏览了一下看是关于什么的罢了。 I haven't read the book properly, I just flipped through it to see what it was like.
雷蒙：他说没什麽，他只是把我的脚踝浸在一些中药里，然后贴上一块膏药。 Raymond: He didn't say anything. He just soaked my ankle in some herbal medicine and then put a patch on it.
我对地理只是一知半解. I have only a sketchy knowledge of geography.
这只是玩具枪, 不能发射子弹. This is just a toy gun: it doesn't shoot.
他总是对园艺工作发号施令，其实他只是一知半解。 He's always laying down the law about gardening but he really doesn't know much about it.
我的依据只是谣传而已. I have only reports to go on.
我们只是在昨天才与她偶然相遇. We met her only yesterday, as it happens.
他不只是拳击手, 还是世界冠军呢. He's not a mere boxer: he's world champion.
决不只是瞎子才犯这样愚蠢的错误。 It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes.
我其实是个教师，写作只是我的兼职。 Actually I'm a teacher, my writing is just a sideline.
我只是问你一个问题。你何必对我这么凶。 I only asked you a question. There's no need to bite my head off.
一场大火过后，这座建筑剩下的只是一个空壳。 All that remained of the building after the fire was an empty shell.
饥荒十分严重，援助也只是杯水车薪。 The famine is so bad, aid can only scratch the surface.
她对每一个建议都不接受，只是双肩一耸，眉毛一抬了事。 She brushed off every suggestion with a shrug and raised eyebrows.
我妻子想起居室里换块新地毯，不过我们再过6个月就要搬走，那只是白白浪费钱财。 My wife wanted a new carpet in the living room, but as we are moving in six months it would only be money down the drain.
在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒。 We are mere pawns in the struggle for power.
偶尔借点钱倒没什麽, 只是不要成为一种习惯. It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a habit.
他只是假装而已。 He's only shamming.
这片建筑还只是仅有主梁的骨架. The block is still just a skeleton of girders.
我刚才只是主张应该外出就餐，以节省时间。 I am merely putt forward toe opinion(that) we shall dine out to save time.
变异的从标准变化来的，通常只是一些轻微的不同 Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.
我所要的只是安宁. All I want is peace and quiet.
她拉小提琴只是为了好玩。 He plays the violin for the fun of it.
她来串门只是为了打发时间。 She stopped by just to pass the time of day.
他的用意不是这个，只是做做样子罢了。 He doesn't really mean it; it's just an act.
发表这个声明只是为了提高他个人的威信。 The statement was aimed at raising his personal prestige.
他只是带着那种奇特的神情死死地盯着她看。 He simply stared at her with that peculiar expression on his face.
他并不是病得不能来工作，他只是在泡病号。 He's not so ill that he can't come to work; he's just swinging the lead.
这只戒指只是镀金的而已。 The ring was only plated with gold.
我并非真正主张应该有死刑, 只是故意唱唱反调罢了. I don't really believe in capital punishment, I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
尽管有大量的宗教派别，研究美国宗教惯常做法的学者发现，在许多情况下，许多新教教派之间在信仰方面并没有多大的不同，只是在仪式方面有较小的差异。 In spite of the great number of denominations, students of religious practice in the United State find that in many cases there are no major differences in belief, and only minor ones in ritual between many of the Protestant denominations.
他的小说我都爱看, 只是最後一部除外. I enjoyed all his novels with the exception of his last.