"You can only do so much in a flask, and the mix of species would be much greater in a natural environment, " Jones pointed out.

“培养瓶中的实验差不多只能做到这个程度，自然条件下共生的物种数量要大得多。” 琼斯指出。

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But meanwhile you can only do so much for so long.

不过，眼下人们也只能做这么多了。

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Be humble enough to recognize that you can only do so much.

谦虚一点，认识自己只能做这些。

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"But meanwhile you can only do so much for so long.

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You can only do so much, even with legal aid, and we're exhausting our funds.

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You can only do so much from the top down.

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The lesson that I had realized from this is that there is only so much you can do and only so many hours in a day.

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