不过是...

The TV debate was a cop-out: it didn't tackle ''.

电视辩论不过是虚晃一枪，并未解决''。

I'm just helping you cut the cord.

我不过是在帮你解决问题。

Coriolanus has virtues of course - he is extremely brave - but he is mulishly inflexible and his disdain of the common people, merely because they are the common people and not, like him, noble, is not very appealing, or even very intelligent.

科利奥兰纳斯尽管有其美德，他英勇无比，但却顽固不化，他之所以鄙视平民，是因为他们不过是普通百姓，而不像他这位上等贵族，没有吸引力，甚至也不聪明。

These used to be the paramount questions in regard to revolution and counterrevolution.

在现代军人眼里，那令人神往的古战场不过是军用地图上不起眼的点状目标，根本容不下近现代战争波澜壮阔的场面。

The pretty girl on the cover of the book is just a sales gimmick.

书封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种生意眼。

The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.

画报的封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种生意眼。

She said nothing was stolen, but that's just a cover-up.

她说什麽东西也没被偷，那不过是掩饰罢了。

But this is just a cover-up for the accountability for your sins , for the negative .

然而，这不过是个烟幕弹而已，他们其实也要你为自己的罪咎与负面行为负责。

This is the surface, he's covering up, I tell you, it is razor.

这不过是他表面上的掩饰，我告诉你，它还是刮胡刀。

He and his kind will be put to shame; craftsmen are nothing but men.

看哪，他们的同伴都必羞愧，工匠也不过是人。

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。