We warned them, but to no effect.
我们曾告诫过他们，但没起任何作用。
You're being very scrupulous, but to what end?
你表现得很讲良心，但目的是什么呢？
Foreigners must use their power not simply to punish the country but to nudge it toward greater tolerance.
外国人动用他们的力量，不应仅仅是为了惩罚这个国家而是要说服该国使之变得更宽容。
Tuba is not in the West Bank, as we originally stated, but to its north.
大号并非如我们此前所说位于约旦河西岸，而是位于它的北部。
But to a stranger, I probably would say, "Would you mind closing the door?"
但是对一个陌生人，我可能会说，“你介意把门关上吗？”
But to Morris Marable and his heirs, slavery was a crime against our humanity.
但是对莫里斯·马拉博和他的继承人来说，奴隶制是一种危害人类的罪行。
The goals of compliance should not be to reach the minimum requirements but to exceed them.
遵从性目标不应该是达到最低要求，而是超过最低要求。
We had no alternative but to fire Gibson.
我们别无他法，只有辞退吉布森。
He was left with no option but to resign.
留给他的除了辞职别无选择。
I had no choice but to sign the contract.
我别无选择，只好签了合同。
We had no option but to abort the mission.
我们别无选择，只有取消这项任务。
There was nothing else for it but to resign.
除了辞职，没有别的办法。
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司除了裁员已经没有多少选择了。
They had little choice but to agree to what he suggested.
除了同意他的意见，他们别无选择。
The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.
医生千方百计想使他活下来，但无济于事。
He will have no choice but to ally himself with the new movement.
他将别无选择，只能与这个新运动结盟。
Joanne was so guileless that Claire had no option but to believe her.
乔安妮如此诚实，所以克莱尔除了相信她以外没有别的选择。
The purpose of this exercise is not to apportion blame but to solve problems.
这项工作的目的不是追究责任而是解决问题。
He had the receptionist almost jumping through hoops for him. But to no avail.
他让接待员为他几乎饱经折磨，但根本没有用。
Larry had concluded that he had no choice but to accept Paul's words as the truth.
拉里断定他别无选择，只能相信保罗所说为实。
I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks.
我不想伤害他，只是想自我防卫，挡开他的攻击。
It is language intended not to reveal but to conceal, not to communicate but to obfuscate.
用这种语言的意图不是公开而是隐瞒，不是解释而是混淆。
We were part of an entire regiment that had nothing else to do but to keep that motorway open.
我们是整个团的一部分，这个团无其他任务,只是保证公路畅通。
Republicans acknowledged that they had little choice but to mount an all-out offensive on the Democratic nominee.
共和党人承认他们别无选择，只有对民主党提名人全力发起一场强硬行动。
She had no choice but to follow what the doctor said.
她别无选择，只能照医生说的去做。
Sometimes to take the lead is easy, but to keep it is hard.
有时候，领先很容易，但要保持领先就很难了。
He had no choice but to perform on the streets to make money.
他别无选择，只能在街头表演赚钱。
My sister has gone to work in Beijing, not for money, but to improve herself.
我姐姐去北京工作了，不是为了赚钱，而是为了提高自己。
The task is too difficult, Lucy has no choice but to ask others for help.
这个任务太难了。露西别无选择，只能向别人求助。
Sometimes people need someone not only to help them but to believe they're telling the truth.
有时候人们不仅需要他人的帮助，还需要他人的信任，相信他们所言属实。
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