他没有直接回家，而是在市郊绕了一段路。

He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.

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这场竞选大战不是在街头集会中进行，而是在无线电波中交锋。

The election campaign has been fought not in street rallies but on the airwaves.

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他们不是在讲英语，而是在写信。

They are not speaking English, but writing letters.

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take a look at page 917, the left-hand column, where Derrida is talking not about Levi-Strauss but about Saussure.

看一下第917页，左边，这里德里达不是在说列维而是在说索绪尔。

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They hung dead, well, not actually, actors pretending to be people that were dying from the trees.

他们把死尸吊起来，当然不是真的，而是演员假装成吊死在树上的死人。

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This is the modern city, not as a scene of fragmentation or despair, but rather a place of ascent and aspiration.

这是一座现代化的城市，并不是破碎或绝望的场景，而是一座在上升的渴望之城。

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