He has his place in the Asian team not because he is white but because he is good.
他在亚洲队有一席之地，不是因为他是白人而是因为他很出色。
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。
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。
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。
It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others.
这并不是因为我比别人更勇敢。
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。
If he lies awake on his inflatable mattress on the floor in the South Harbor, it is not because he has lied.
如果他睡不着觉，躺在南部港口区公寓地板上的充气床垫上睡不着，那可不是因为他撒谎了。
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。
This is not because God created them to poke fun at us; it is because humans and chimps are descended from the same relatively recent primitive ape.
这并不是因为上帝创造它们来嘲笑我们；而是因为人类和黑猩猩都是同一个比较近期的原始猿人的后裔。
Human beings are immortal, not because he alone has a say in all things, but because he has a soul, a spirit of compassion, sacrifice, and endurance.
人类是不朽的，这不是因为万物当中仅仅他拥有发言权，而是因为他有一个灵魂，一种有同情心、牺牲精神和忍耐力的精神。
De Schutter says the poor are hungry and malnourished not because there is no food, but because they cannot afford to buy the food that is available.
德舒特说，穷人饥饿和营养不良不是因为没有食物，而是因为他们买不起现有的食物。
Like the old song says, there's no place like home, not because of the real estate, but because of the sense of shelter and nurture that it provides.
就像古老的歌中所唱，没有地方会像家一样，不是因为它实际的地产价值，而是因为它所提供的庇护和养育的感觉。
My dancing life began not because I wanted to do it, but because my mother was sick and tired of seeing me running around after school doing nothing.
我开启了舞蹈生涯，不是因为自己想跳舞，而是因为我妈妈厌烦了看到我放学后无所事事到处晃悠。
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 and his safety.
每个人都觉得自己对雅典的福利有责任，这不是因为外界将此强加于他，而是因为这座城市是他的骄傲和安全之所。
Applicants began flooding teaching programs, not because the salaries were so high but because autonomous decision making and respect made the job desirable.
大量申请者开始申请教学项目，不是因为工资高，而是因为教师工作能够获得的自主决策权和尊重非常吸引人。
Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.
金字塔、大教堂和火箭的存在并不是因为几何形状或热力学，而是因为它们首先是建造它们的人的脑海中的图画。
When initial repairs are inadequate, therefore, it is not because the mechanics lack competence; rather, there is clearly a level of focused concentration that complex repairs require.
因此，初次修理的不足并不是因为技工缺乏能力；更确切地说，很明显复杂的修理需要一种高度集中的能力。
Luthar is not opposed to giving allowances, but she thinks it's important to establish that chores are done not because they will lead to payment, but because they keep the household running.
卢塔尔并不反对给零用钱，但她认为重要的是要确定做家务不是因为它们会带来报酬，而是因为它们能维持家庭运转。
According to Tom, William lost his job not because he was always sick and usually went to work late, but because he made a big error in last month's accounting and the boss was angry with him.
据汤姆说，威廉丢了工作不是因为他经常生病和上班经常迟到，而是因为他在上个月的账目中犯了一个大错误，老板对他很生气。
I'm going as a favour to Ann, not because I want to.
我去是给安一个面子，而不是我想去。
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