不过是...

I made clear to her that my money-lending had been simply the degradation of my will and my mind, my personal idea of self-castigation and self-exaltation.

我向她解释说，开当铺不过是我的意志和理智堕落的一种表现，是个人自怨自艾、自我吹嘘的想法。

Initially, from self-observation, I was under the assumption incense was nothing more than a calming agent.

最初，从自我观察，我是假设下，香，不过是一个悠闲的代理人。

It's actually one long continuous campaign – well, it's three campaigns, but told sequentially.

这是一个连续的长战役——有3个战役，不过是连续的，只有一个结局。

That woman is 62,that wrap is a shawl...

那女人是62 那披肩不过是演示而已。。。

This is a time of great change. Change is merely Shiva's dance.

这是一个剧变的时代，这变化不过是湿婆神之舞。

Modernisation is at best a cover-up for preserving the status quo, and at worst a way of siphoning off more public money.

现代化充其量不过是维持现状的挡箭牌，最糟糕的是现代化将吸干更多公共资金。

You will be but a man, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.

其实你在杀害你的人手中、不过是人、并不是神。

The sound from the small hole of sword is much weaker, no higher than the sound of ghost.

惠子语带玄机的说：「吹萧笛的声音响亮，吹剑环那个小孔的声音就低多了，它只有那么一丝丝微弱的响声；尧舜被一般人称为圣人，可是比起戴晋人的一席话，那尧舜也不过是那吹剑环者，其主张是微不足道的。

Or , of sexual intercourse, that it is merely internal attrition and the spasmodic excretion of mucus-such

再看性交是什么？不过是一番身心的磨损与消耗伴随着阵阵的黏液分泌而已。。。

I put no manure whatever on this land, not being the owner, but merely a squatter, and not expecting to cultivate so much again, and I did not quite hoe it all once.

我没有在这片地上施肥，我不是它的主人，不过是一个居住在无主之地上的人，我不希望种那么多的地，就没有一下于把全部的地都锄好。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。