So far, so bad. Since then, however, two things have happened that make this mess appear a little more palatable. Only at first sight, however.
迄今为止，一切看来都很糟糕。不过，自那以后发生了两件事，使目前这种混乱局面显得略微让人舒心了些。然而，那只是最初印象。
Alexandra's first public show was held at a Los Angeles public library when she was only eight years old.
亚历山德拉的第一次公开展览是在洛杉矶一家公共图书馆举行的，当时她只有8岁。
I think about the five days of pure rain, where people were soggy at the first night and it only got worse.
我想到了那次连续五天的瓢泼大雨，人们在第一天晚上都湿透了，状况越来越糟。
On the 20th anniversary of the first official report on AIDS, the head of the United Nations' AIDS program warns the deadly disease may only be at its early stages in many parts of the world.
在第一份关于艾滋病的官方报告发布20周年之际，联合国艾滋病规划署的负责人警告说，这种致命的疾病在世界许多地方可能还处于早期阶段。
At first his jealousy only showed in small ways – he didn't mind me talking to other guys.
开始时，他的猜忌只是小小地表现出来–他并不介意我和其他男孩子说话。
Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr.Williams worked at a managerial level, while only 38.5 percent of the second group thought so.
第一组中有近四分之三的人认为威廉姆斯先生从事管理层工作，而第二组中仅有38.5%的人这样认为。
Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr. Williams worked at a managerial level, while only 38.5 percent of the second group thought so.
第一组中有近四分之三的人认为威廉姆斯先生从事管理层工作，而第二组中仅有38.5%的人是这样认为的。
At the age of twenty and with his mother's support, Xu set off for the first time, leaving behind not only his mother but his new wife as well.
徐在20岁那年，在母亲的支持下第一次出发了，留下的不仅是他的母亲，还有他的新婚妻子。
At first, only a few people in the state understood the advantages of Shang Yang's plans.
起初，全国只有少数人知道商鞅的计划的好处。
At first, I couldn't see anything, only darkness, the sparkling lights of that restaurant or town.
起初，我什么也看不见，只有黑暗，餐馆或小镇的灯光在闪烁。
At first, the gugin had only five strings, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
起初，古琴只有五根弦，代表金、木、水、火、土五种元素。
He once told me that he was very nervous at first. He was not only trying to learn this hard new job but also a new language.
他曾经告诉我他一开始很紧张。他不仅在努力学习这一艰难的新工作，而且在努力学习一门新的语言。
The authors spent five years studying the behaviour of their 344 "exceptional companies", only to come up at first with nothing.
两位作者花了5年时间研究那344家“杰出公司”的行为，没想到起初却一无所获。
Much of the potential for European economic development lay in what at first glance would seem to have been only sleepy villages.
欧洲经济增长的大部分潜力存在于一些小镇中，那些乍一看似乎很寂静、冷清的小镇。
He thought it was only falling leaves at first, so slight and delicate was the sound of it.
起初，他以为那不过是落叶声，因为那声音很轻很细。
However, at first only plain chocolate (a kind of chocolate without milk and with very little sugar) was produced.
但是，一开始仅生产不添加牛奶，少糖的原味巧克力。
Soap operas and variety shows were at first available only with a time delay, but in July, TU struck a deal with MBC to provide a live feed.
肥皂剧和综艺节目一开始只能延迟播出，但在7月，TU与MBC 达成协议，提供现场直播。
At first, only men rode bicycles.
起初，只有男人骑自行车。
At first, only a few people gave her money.
起初，只有几个人给她钱。
At first, you learned them only by hearing other people talk.
一开始，你只能通过听别人说话来学习它们（单词）。
A group of 10 should only order enough food for nine people at first.
一个10人的团体一开始应该只点够9个人的食物。
"The Only", a popular rock band from America, will give their first concert this Saturday night, at 7:00 p.m. at Golden Hall.
来自美国的流行摇滚乐队“唯一”将于本周六晚上7点在金色大厅举行他们的首场演唱会。
At first it was fun, but we ended up playing those games for about 30 hours, stopping only to eat and sleep!
一开始很有趣，但最终我们大概花了30个小时玩这些游戏，只有要吃饭和睡觉时才停下来！
At first, your unconscious will only whisper its information to you, and it will do that slowly.
首先，你的潜意识把信息传递给你，但它是很缓慢的。
At first, they live only on milk from their mother. By three weeks of age, they start eating meat.
开始，幼崽只喝妈妈的奶，到了三周大时，它们开始吃肉。
At first, it was a college for men only. Co-education at Williams College began in 1970.
建校之处只设男校，男女共同教育是从1970年开始的。
The virus responsible for the 1918 pandemic caused only mild disease at first but evolved in ways that made it able to quickly kill previously healthy people.
引发了1918年流行病的病毒最初只导致了轻微的疾病，但随着后来的进化，原本健康的人也会因它而很快致死。
“I would be surprised if there were different findings for older children, but our study only looks at first graders so we can’t be certain,” Milkie said.
“如果对其他年级学生的结果不一样的话，将会出乎我的意料。但是我们的研究仅仅是关注一年级的，所以我们也不能肯定，”米尔琪说。
First, it only nibbles at the boundary problem, because it restricts its field of vision to publicly listed firms.
第一，它只啃边界问题，因为它限制被公开列举的公司的视野。
First, it only nibbles at the boundary problem, because it restricts its field of vision to publicly listed firms.
第一，它只啃边界问题，因为它限制被公开列举的公司的视野。
应用推荐