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相关例句

• There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass.(若没有一只苍蝇在扑打着玻璃，便是一片死寂。)
• It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.(很明显，大象在任何时候都可以挣脱绳索，但出于某种原因，它们没有这样做。)
• There's still another ten minutes of the game to go, but for practical purposes it's already over.(比赛虽然还有十分钟，但实际上等于已经结束了。)
• In other words, poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world, but for different reasons.(换句话说，穷人和富人都过度开发自然世界，但原因不同。)
• I am but an archangel; but for him I should be pope!(我不过是个大天使；要不是他，我就当教皇了！)
• I might not have particularly remembered this but for a similar thing which happened on another occasion.(要不是同样的事在别的场合发生过，我可能不会特别记住这件事。)
• But for now, she is in the grip of a blind, unfocused anger.(但是现在，她正被一股盲目的无目标的怒气控制着。)
• He would have played but for a knee injury.(他要不是膝部有伤的话，就上场了。)
• We wouldn't have been there but for him.(要不是他，我们就不会到那里去了。)
• I was sure she knew the answer but for some reason she hung back.(我敢保证她知道答案，但不知为什么她不敢说出来。)