The first two of these are common English sounds found in words such as but and caught.
这三个音中前两个是很常见的，可以在but和caught这样的单词中碰到。
Alternatively, we can dispense with the layers of sorrow, and interpret autism as but one more wrinkle in the fabric of humanity.
还有一种选择是，我们可以摈除那一层哀伤，将自闭症看作人性这件织物上的一个褶皱。
The first of these two are common English sounds found in words such as but and caught (some English dialects will distinguish the difference between caught and cot; this workbook does not).
这三个音中前两个是很常见的，可以在but和caught这样的单词中碰到（一些英语发言中会区分caught和cot的区别，本材料中不作区别）。
As children we were very close, but as we grew up we just drifted apart.
孩提时我们亲密无间，但随着年龄的增长我们就逐渐疏远了。
I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it.
我说过要写信给你，但像往常一样总是抽不出时间来。
He's a nice old rascal but a disaster area as a politician.
他是个不错的老家伙，但作为一个政治家却糟透了。
The bodyguards, as usual, were brave but oafish.
这些保镖一如既往地勇敢但莽撞无礼。
I want to work at home on a Tuesday but as it turns out sometimes it's a Wednesday or a Thursday.
我想在星期二在家里工作，但结果是有时是在星期三或星期四。
I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question.
我已经理解了这些词，但我似乎还不理解这个问题。
She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not.
她试图认命接受这桩婚姻，但做不到。
These people could afford to retire to Florida but they'd just as soon stay put.
这些人能负担得起退隐到佛罗里达，但他们宁愿留在原地。
I hate to disillusion you, but not everyone is as honest as you.
我实在不愿把实情告诉你，但并非人人都像你那样诚实。
He's not very friendly, but he's not as black as he's painted.
他不太友善，但也不像别人说的那么坏。
His Arabic was not as good as his English, but serviceable enough.
他的阿拉伯文没有他的英语好，但是足够用了。
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
破晓时分，大海平静下来，但寒冷依然。
I felt I was no longer being treated as a person but as a statistic.
我感觉我不再被看作人，而被看作一个统计数字了。
Your partner can feel the loss as acutely as you, but may feel that it is unmanly to cry.
你的伴侣对失败的感受和你一样强烈，但他可能会觉得哭泣是没有男子气概的。
Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat.
莉兹的本意是把它当作笑话来讲的，但没成功。
He may be a very talented designer, but as a manager he's a dead loss.
他可能是一个很有天赋的设计师，但作为经理他却很无能。
The house is currently run as a country inn, but could easily convert back into a private residence.
这栋房子目前被当作一家乡村客栈用，但可以容易地改回成一所私用住宅。
He is regarded as very capable but unexciting.
他被认为很有能力但是很乏味。
The announcement was welcomed as a step in the right direction, but was widely seen as a token gesture.
这个通告受到欢迎，被认为是向正确方向迈进了一步，但也被普遍看作是装装样子。
He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.
他看似适应都市的生活，但事实上他不是。
The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
那些工作超时超负荷的家长可能看起来没有爱心，但也可能仅仅是太累了。
She started as a secretary but ended up running the department.
她起初只是一个秘书，但最后掌管起了整个部门。
He struck me as a very serious but friendly person.
他在我眼里是个非常严肃但友好的人。
Mr. Simon said he was not against taxes as such, "but I do object when taxation is justified on spurious or dishonest grounds," he says.
西蒙先生说过他并不反对税收本身，“但我确实反对以无根据或不诚实的理由征税，”他说道。
Surgery was scheduled, but life went on as usual.
手术定好了时间，而生活照常继续。
The men might be armed, but they sure as hell weren't trained.
这些男人也许被武装了，但他们当时确确实实没受训练。
We led a poor but happy enough existence as children.
我们儿时的生活虽然贫穷却过得很愉快。
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