不过是...

Writing poems is just an avocation with me.

写诗不过是我的一个业余爱好而已。

We are but whispers in the babel of voices

但你我不过是言语的巴别塔中的呢喃

As for me—baccarat having no charms for me—I was left alone outside to myself.

我的事不过是为你付旅馆的费用和赌债而已。

A box of baking soda wouldn't hurt in here.

不过是一盒烘焙用的小苏打而已

It's a Band-Aid until your...

这不过是你的投资

BOSTON -- For a team that awoke Friday surely wishing the past week or so was merely a dream, the thought of a five-game, four-day weekend at Fenway understandably could have led a few of the Yankees to bang on their hotel snooze buttons a few times.

对一队星期五才刚醒过来就非常希望过去这星期的种种不过是场梦的队伍来说，如果周末来到芬威球场进行四天五战的一些洋基队员们，会有忍不住多按几次饭店闹钟的赖床钮的想法，这应该可以被体谅理解。

X. i, \. M r BOSTON -- For a team that awoke Friday surely wishing the past week or so was merely a dream, the thought of a five-game, four-day weekend at Fenway understandably could have led a few of the Yankees to bang on their hotel snooze buttons a few times.

对一队星期五才刚醒过来就非常希望过去这星期的种种不过是场梦的队伍来说，如果周末来到芬威球场进行四天五战的一些洋基队员们，会有忍不住多按几次饭店闹钟的赖床钮的想法，这应该可以被体谅理解。

G$ V2 A! J6 H O; Z BOSTON -- For a team that awoke Friday surely wishing the past week or so was merely a dream, the thought of a five-game, four-day weekend at Fenway understandably could have led a few of the Yankees to bang on their hotel snooze buttons a few times.

对一队星期五才刚醒过来就非常希望过去这星期的种种不过是场梦的队伍来说，如果周末来到芬威球场进行四天五战的一些洋基队员们，会有忍不住多按几次饭店闹钟的赖床钮的想法，这应该可以被体谅理解。

It is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms.

武力不过是主权扩张的一种愚蠢而野蛮的方式。

A foot with webbed toes.And yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness, far inferior to other parts.

可是勇气不过是无识与卑贱的产儿，比较别的关于世务的知识贱得多了。

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。