不过是

The boss intimidate to fire him, but it is only a threat.

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。。

The boss threatened to fire him,but it was merely a threat.

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。

The boss threaten to fire him, but it is a scare.

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。

The boss frightened to fire him,but it's only a frighten.

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。

The boss threatened to fire him ,but it just was a threat.

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。

The boss frightened to fire him, but it is just a threat

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。。

The boss threatened to fire him ,but it was just a gammon.

老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。

His approach is to fight fire with fire.

他的法子不过是以其人之道还治其人之身。

But plenty of rallies fizzle into nothing.

然而有太多的股价回升不过是昙花一现。

The sum of all the meticulously designed blocks and neighborhoods, roads and parks amount to just another big flaccid creature.

精心设计的街区、邻里、道路、公园等所谓理想组合不过是大而不当的简单堆砌。

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。