不过是...

And then to think that we all,even with patent lacquer,are nothing more than insects of a moment on that anthill the earth,though we may be in-sects with stars and garters,places and offices!

想想看吧，我们这些人，即使拥有最好的皮鞋油，也不过是地球这个蚁山上的寿命短促的虫蚁，虽然我们可能是戴有勋章、拥有职位的虫蚁！

The wedding of Eastern and Western cultures,whether in white gowns or red,brings us variety.

东西方婚庆的文化，不管是红的还是白的，不过是一种多元的选择。

Some compare it to a globe severed at the Equator. To others it resembles a phosphorescent egg floating in a crystal sea. One prominent Beijing architect said that when the desert dust kicks up around Beijing, lathering the expansive glass dome in a pall of gray grime, it resembles nothing so much as dried dung. But the most apt analogy for the $300 million National Theater of China, now nearing completion in the political heart of Beijing, near Tiananmen Square, may be a hot potato....

有人把它比作在赤道被切开的地球，有人把它比作浮在水面上磷光闪闪的蛋，一位北京著名的建筑历史学家则说当沙尘暴来袭时会在这个昂贵的球体表面形成一层厚厚的灰尘，那时它不过是一堆臭狗屎；当然有关这个耗资近30亿元在北京的政治心脏天安门广场边即将竣工的的中国国家大剧院最客观的比喻无疑是一个烫手的山芋。。。。。

Just fishes a little, to get money to get drunk on-and loafs around considerable; but lord, we all do that-leastways most of us-preachers and such like.

不过是钓钓鱼，去卖钱来换酒大喝一通——常到处闲逛；可是，老天，咱们也没少干这些事啊——起码咱们多半都是这样——连布道的人也不例外。

But the fundamental reality is that news, and everything that follows from news, has to be primarily monetized by advertising; subscription revenue is the icing on the cake. Not much dispute on that score.

但基本事实是新闻，以及所有从新闻而来的所有内容必须首先通过公告来获利；订阅收入不过是蛋糕上的那层糖衣。

We did not want to admit that this system, whose business it was to nourish minds and mold dreams, was barely more than a 19th-century factory where our students collected basic skills on an assembly line.

我们不想承认这个以培养思想和创造梦想为已任的体制只不过是一个19世纪的工厂，我们的学生不过是在流水线上积累基本技能而已。

The door is ornamental symbol nevertheless, handle is more redundant.

&门不过是装饰性的符号，把手更是多余的。&

A: Well, I don't know how the points have been but we have been the most dominant and solid.

答：嗯，我不清楚积分现在怎么样，不过是最有统治力的也是最稳定的。

The narrowest moment in a good love, is on bed, that's the most pressing situation.

好的爱情，最狭窄的时刻也不过是在床上的时候，是最挤逼的了。

Those who want to be scientists should think whether they also want to be preachers of some dubious value system; so as not to be a bubble of ever nucleating non-truth

此时，如果某宗教有利于民主思想的普及化，那自然也是被打压对象，只是打压该宗教，不过是众多的手段中的一个而已。

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。