不过是

I know you were but an instrument in the hands of others.

我知道，你不过是人家手中的一个工具罢了。

It is just as simple and common and even boring as the wheel and the inclined plane and electric circuits are to us.

就像车轮，下降的飞机和电路之于我们一样，不过是那样的简单，普通甚至有些乏味。

Incongruously, as with so much else in Pakistan, the weapons are decorated with woven straps and tassels, so hopefully it is not a "pump my gun" but more "pimp my gun" kind of deal.

枪支用编织带和流苏装饰，希望这不过是一支"组枪游戏"里的枪支。

We were only the "spiritual inducement" to language learning.

而我们这些老师们充其量也不过是他们学习的诱因。

It's only an infatuation; she'll get over it soon enough.

她这不过是一时的迷恋，很快就会过去的。

Without the support of a logistics system, the e-retail website is nothing but a platform of information interchange.

如果没有一个物流系统的支持，电子商务零售网站不过是一个平台的信息交换。

Some people will say, I do not need to own how powerful, I do not infringe on other people, this is nothing but wishful thinking Bale you.

有的人会说，我不需要自己多么强大，我不侵犯别人，这不过是你一厢情愿罢了。

So Inge started to go and visit her parents; but she only wanted to show herself in her native place, that the people might see how fine she was.

她倒也回去了，不过是为了显示给他们看看，她穿戴得多么漂亮。

We are amazed to find that he can command himself so entirely . His firmness , at the same time , perfectly coincides with our insensibility .

与此同时，我们可能会觉察到，他们的激情不过是油然而生，与我们自己在类似情况下可能感觉到的毫无二致。

I'm just an insignificant passer-by in your life.

在你的生活中，我不过是一个微不足道的过路人。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。