He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.
他放弃体育运动了，不是因为他非放弃不可，而是因为他想要那样。
He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure.
他承认自己反复推究不是因为他确定找到了真理，而是因为那给了他很多乐趣。
The decline is not because we have all become lazy.
这种下降并不是因为我们都变得懒惰了。
It's not because fresh ingredients are hard to come by.
这并不是因为新鲜的食材很难买到。
I've lost my share of computer files, but not because I'm easily distracted.
我丢失了我那部分电脑文件，但不是因为我很容易分心。
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
志愿者没有报酬，不是因为他们没有价值，而是因为他们是无价的。
If you do so, they will use your website or app not because they have to but because they want to.
如果你这样做，他们会使用你的网站或应用程序，不是因为他们必须这样做，而是因为他们想这样做。
They both laughed but it was not because the idea was laughable but because they both so liked it.
他们都笑了，但这并不是因为这个想法很可笑，而是因为他们都很喜欢它。
I played through the sweat and the hurt, not because the challenge called me, but because you called me.
我冒着汗水和伤痛打比赛，不是因为挑战呼唤我，而是因为你呼唤我。
You find it whenever people ask how you're doing because they care, not because they're getting paid to do so.
当人们问你过得怎么样时，你会发现这是因为他们关心你，而不是因为他们拿了钱才这么做。
We avoid crime not because we are better people but because we see getting caught as a future-wrecking disaster.
我们避免犯罪不是因为我们是更好的人，而是因为我们把被抓看成是破坏未来的灾难。
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard.
我们选择在这个十年内飞向月球以及做其他的事不是因为它们容易，而是因为它们很艰难。
We say, "I love you" to our parents or significant other when we hang up the phone, not because we mean it, but out of habit.
我们会在挂电话时和父母或者某个重要的人说“我爱你”，不是因为我们真的想这么说，而是因为习惯。
Most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest.
大多数人在学校表现不佳不是因为他们缺乏能力，而是因为他们觉得学校没有挑战性，因此失去了兴趣。
Their world turns upside down not because they wanted the divorce to happen, but because someone else did, so the kids feel extra helpless.
他们的世界发生了天翻地覆的变化，不是因为他们想离婚，而是因为别人这样做了，所以孩子们感到特别无助。
Each one felt responsible for the welfare of Athens, not because it was forced on him from the outside, but because the city was his pride.
每个人都对雅典的幸福安宁报有责任感，并不是因为源于外界的压迫，而是因为这座城市是他们的骄傲。
However, my studies indicate that they took fewer fish because there were fewer fish to catch, not because they were trying to preserve fishes.
然而，我的研究表明，他们捕捞的鱼少是因为鱼的数量少，而不是因为他们在试图保护鱼。
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