She always writes me once a month, if only to scold me because I haven't answered her last letter yet.
她总是一个月写一封信给我，即使仅仅是为了责备我还没有回她的上一封信。
Oh, how much better it would have been, a thousand times better, if only I had gone to school!
啊，要是我去上学了，那该多好啊，要好一千倍！
You might wonder how we can tell whether fossil animals lived on land or in water, especially if only fragments are found.
你可能想知道我们如何分辨化石上的动物是生活在陆地上还是水里，特别是如果只发现了化石碎片。
It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.
只要我们能找到一种方法，将人类的价值观以明确的规则阐述出来，就有可能创造出更精密的符合道德标准的机器。
Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.
后来，知名公司竞相在自己的文件中加入这类专利，哪怕只是作为一种防御措施，以应对可能会抢先一步的竞争对手。
The pills might have helped him, if only he'd taken them regularly.
他当时要是按时服药，也许可以对他有帮助的。
By 1991, 20% of the world's rice output came from hybrid rice, even if only being planted in 10% of fields.
到1991年，世界上20%的水稻产量来自杂交水稻，尽管杂交水稻只在10%的土地上种植。
Conduct interviews, become a participant, if only for a day.
进行采访，成为其中的参与者，哪怕只有一天。
It would be best if only one bystander responded, the thinking goes.
基于这样的考虑，最好只有一个旁观者来作出反应。
I felt sure that I could be a grownup if only my parents would get out of my way.
我肯定，只要父母不阻挠，我一定可以做个大人。
Once I heard his strict tone, I knew that the old Dad was back, if only for the day.
一听到他严厉的口吻，我知道，原来的父亲回来了，即使只有这一天。
A nation can meet all its need for blood if only 1% to 3% of its population donate.
一个国家若有1%至3%的人口献血，即可满足其对血液的所有需求。
As well as working on more Hindi films, Hollywood beckons, if only for a new experience.
同样会为更多的北印度电影配乐，好莱坞也在向他招手——哪怕只是为了有一种新体验。
Birds have many things that they can teach us humans, if only we take the time to listen.
鸟儿教给人类的东西有很多很多，只要我们愿意聆听。
Moreover, EBNF grammars are already familiar to many programmers, even if only in passing.
此外，即使只是顺便学会的，许多程序员也已经相当熟悉EBNF语法了。
Thus, if only by some crude law of relativity, autumn is the preferred stock of seasons.
因此，即使用相对性这种粗浅的法则来衡量，秋天也是四季中最受欢迎的。
Proponents say geoengineering should at least be considered, if only as a last-ditch tactic.
倡议者则认为这些地球工程至少值得一试，哪怕是作为最后一计。
But the holiday interest rate hike may give traders occasion for pause - even if only briefly.
不过，此次春节假日加息之举，或许会让交易员们稍作停顿——即便只是短暂的停顿。
A system to protect intellectual property is meaningless if only the rich can use (or abuse) it.
如果只是有钱人才能使用(或滥用)知识产权制度，那保护知识产权的制度就毫无意义了。
Now, come sit with me on the floor.Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes.
来吧，和我坐在地板上，哪怕只腾出一刻钟走进我的世界。
Now, come sit with me on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes.
来吧，和我坐在地板上，哪怕只腾出一刻钟走进我的世界。
Everything you experience in college has potentially something to teach us, if only we're listening.
只要你愿意，你可以在大学经历的所有事情中学到一些东西。
Take time everyday to escape to a quiet room, if only for five minutes, to have your best thoughts.
每天花点时间到一个安静的房间，哪怕只有5分钟，来获得你最好的想法。
Sita is living proof that this endangered species can flourish if only given enough room and enough prey.
只要有足够的生存空间和猎物，濒危物种就能繁衍生息，悉达就是一个活生生的例子。
After all, even workaholics hang photos of their children on their office walls, if only as a memory aid.
毕竟，即便是工作狂也会把孩子的照片挂在办公室的墙上，哪怕只是为了提醒自己。
If you've tried to quit before, review any successes you've had. What worked, even if only for a short time?
如果你曾经尝试过戒烟，回想一下有过哪些成功的地方，哪一些方法奏效了，即使它们只持续了很短的一段时间。
Also look up a word if only one word or a few words are preventing you from understanding the larger meaning.
如果一个词或一些词成为你理解全文的障碍，也去查下字典。
This means that simply by being liked by your colleagues you are making a difference, even if only a modest one.
这就意味着，只要同事喜欢你，你就已经有了重要的影响，即便这只是一种不大的影响。
Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?"
亚伯拉罕说：“我还敢对主说话，假若在那里见有二十个怎么样呢？”
But I'm never too far from a pad - even if only to capture those vital moments when you go 'oh, what about...'
但是我从来不会远离我的本子——甚至只是为了捕捉那些“哎，这怎么样…”的重要瞬间。
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