只不过

But he thought he is just a big fish in a little pond .

但他认为自己只不过像是小池塘里的大鱼而已。

We know that in this respect we are part of a crowd.

我们知道，在这一方面我们只不过是沧海一粟。

It is simply a matter of time.

这只不过是一个时间的问题。

He said he was a mere nobody and that was merely a suggestion.

他说他只不过是个无名小卒，那仅仅是个建议。

He is a mere nobody, and it is mere a matter of time for people to recognize him.

他只不过是个小人物，要大家认清这一点只是时间问题。

Well, the young man did not seem to realize that he had had a narrow escape.

d可是，这个年轻人似乎并没有意识到他只不过是侥幸躲过一场灾难。

You're nothing but a pack of cards!

你只不过是一副纸牌！

The big, white-headed mountains laugh at me and bid me go back to the fireside; for Spring in March is a delusion, a fairy dream of poets. Still my heart sings persistently; for the keen winds drop fragrant whiffs upon pasture and moor. I may go to sleep in what seems midwinter, but I am sure I shall wake to catch new scents from the woods blown by a kindly west wind.

冰雪覆盖的巍峨山岭仿佛在冷笑着，赶我回到炉边，因为三月的春天只不过是幻想，只不过是诗人编织的童话，但我心仍在欢唱，因为殷勤的春风已经在牧场和荒原留下芬芳的气息，在这样一个冬季看似方才过半的时节，当然可以选择回去沉睡，但我相信，吹过森林的柔和西风所带来的新鲜香气，仍然会将我唤醒。

Life is only a very dull and ill-directed theatre unless we have some interests in the piece; and to those who have neither art nor science, the world is a mere arrangement of colours, or a rough footway where they may very well break their shins.

人生只不过是一场单调乏味且编导拙劣的戏，除非我们对这戏有些兴趣；对于既没有艺术细胞也没有科学细胞的人来说，这个世界只不过是各种颜色的堆积，或者是一条崎岖小路，一不小心就会摔伤小腿。【已有位网友发表了看法，点击查看。

We are just not pretty perfections enough as a normal one of millions live in the world.

显然不是。我们只不过是芸芸众生中的平凡一人，只不过不够出类拔翠而已。

If you are unfortunate enough to the lovelorn, please tell me, I will help you out, really, please contact me!

如果你不幸失恋了，请告诉我，我会帮助你摆脱困境，真的，请联系我啦！

China's plan to cut energy intensity by 20 percent and pollutant discharges by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010 is a case in point.

中国计划在2006年到2010间降低20%的能源强度和减少10%的主要污染物排放，就是一个这样的例子。