我担心的不是自己，而是婴儿。
人的品德不是由遗传而是由环境形成的。
The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.
这仪式不是追悼会，而是对他的生平的颂扬。
This was not a memorial service but a celebration of his life.
现在社会的情形不是看你知道什么，而是看你认识谁，学位也基本被忽略了。
It's a case of not what you know but who you know in this world today and qualifications quite go by the board.
幸运的是，志愿者们不是被自身利益而是被利他主义推动。
Fortunately, volunteers are not motivated by self-interest, but by altruism.
他坚持认为这些照片不是艺术而是淫秽品。
“香薰精油”不是纯精油，而是稀释油。
"Aromatherapy oils" are not pure essential oils but dilutions.
墙面不是白的，而是灰不溜秋的。
救援机构称当务之急不是食品匮乏，而是交通运输不足。
Relief agencies say the immediate problem is not a lack of food, but transportation.
这项工作的目的不是追究责任而是解决问题。
The purpose of this exercise is not to apportion blame but to solve problems.
致命的并不是原发肿瘤，而是在身体其他部位的继发。
It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.
阿代尔长篇小说的样板不是别人的虚构故事，而是事实。
The template for Adair's novel is not somebody else's fiction, but fact.
阿布不是他的真名，而是一个他用来掩盖自己身份的假名。
Abu is not his real name, but it's one he uses to disguise his identity.
这些既不是次品也不是无牌货，而是质量一流的产品。
These are not seconds, or unbranded goods, but first-quality products.
不像其他树，它不是越往上越细，而是自下往上一样粗。
Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up.
用这种语言的意图不是公开而是隐瞒，不是解释而是混淆。
It is language intended not to reveal but to conceal, not to communicate but to obfuscate.
他们来法院不是应诉，而是抗辩。
They appeared in court not to raise defences, but to challenge the court jurisdiction.
使彼得晕头转向的不是痛苦，而是不公平。
Not the pain of this but its unfairness was what dazed Peter.
她们不是山妖，而是凡人的孩子。
这不是宫殿，而是陵墓。
他所要的不是钱而是公正。
鲸不是鱼类，而是哺乳类植物。
吸收专家智慧的不是技巧，而是戏剧本身。
It's not mechanics, but the play itself, that absorbs the experts' intelligence.
他的工作地点不是美国，而是澳大利亚和新西兰。
His workplace is not in the United States but in Australia and New Zealand.
它不是狗，而是一根夹在长面包里的熟香肠。
It's not a dog but a cooked sausage in a long piece of bread.
重要的不是真相，而是出版，出版本身几乎已成为目的。
What is important is not truth, but publication, which has become almost an end in itself.
她不是我妹妹，而是我侄女。
泥浆水不是在变凉而是在变热。
天才的主要标志不是完美，而是独创性，即开拓新的领域。
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
电灯里面的电线不是铜丝而是钨丝。
This wire inside an electric lamp is not made of copper but it is made of tungsten.
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