The debt-ceiling farrago showed that old-fashioned bargaining could still work, and both Mr Obama and Mr Boehner showed themselves open to a grand bargain, if only for a time.
债务上限的混杂表明，旧式的一套不再适用，奥巴马和Boehner表明了他们对更大交易的赞成态度，但是只是暂时。
I only have time for a snack at lunchtime.
中午，我的时间只够吃点心。
They took a long time getting to the top, the only reward for the long years of waiting being that when they had their own newspapers, both knew what they wanted and firmly set about getting it.
他们花了很长时间才达到顶峰，多年等待的唯一回报是，当他们有了自己的报纸，他们俩都知道自己想要什么，并坚定地着手去实现它。
Since we only take one step at a time, there is no need to plan our route for one can make continuous decisions about where to turn next.
既然我们一次只走一步，就没有必要计划我们的路线，因为一个人可以不断地决定下一步去哪里。
For the time before records began, we have only "proxy records" reconstructed largely from tree rings and ice cores, supplemented by a few incomplete written accounts.
在开始有记录之前，我们只有主要根据年轮和冰芯重建的“代理记录”，还有一些不完整的书面记录作为补充。
In the past few months, I've been traveling for weeks at a time with only one suitcase of clothes.
在过去的几个月里，我旅行了好几个星期，只带了一行李箱的衣服。
After this technique had been invented, it was only a matter of time before weapons designers adapted it for the detection of submarines.
"这项技术被发明之后，武器设计者将其改造用来探测潜艇只是时间早晚的问题。
Both these devices worked well in sunny climates; but in northern Europe, the sun may be hidden by clouds for weeks at a time, while temperatures vary not only seasonally but from day to night.
这两种装置在阳光充足的气候条件下工作良好；但在北欧，太阳可能一次被云层遮挡数周，而温度不仅随着季节变化，而且还随着昼夜变化。
Peter, whose round eyes could only move about slowly, had a hard time looking out for her.
彼得那双圆眼睛迟钝地转动着，好不容易才找到她。
For a long time, people thought that we learned a language only by imitation and association.
长期以来，人们认为我们只能通过模仿和联想来学习一门语言。
For a long time biologists believed that male deer used buck rubs not only to clean and polish antlers but also to provide practice for the ensuing male-to-male combat during the rut.
长期以来，生物学家们认为雄鹿擦痕不仅可以清除并磨光鹿茸，还可以借此练习发情期时雄鹿之间的角斗。
If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed.
如果尸体没有完全腐烂，尸体会被重新埋在一个较小较廉价的墓地中，不久后，当尸体完全腐烂时，就会被再次挖出来。
Pandas don't have babies very often, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of illness.
熊猫不经常生宝宝，有些宝宝因为生病只能活很短的时间。
However, you can only enjoy the sight of the flowers for a short time, because they last for only 48 hours or so.
然而，你的赏花时间很短，因为它们只能开48小时左右。
A long-time neighbor said they never planted trees and only kept a garden for one year.
一位多年的邻居说，他们从不种树，只打理了一年的花园。
If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give it a try.
如果你没有时间，只需跑一半的时间就能获得和其他运动一样的好处，所以，我们或许都应该尝试一下跑步。
For most parents, it can help them save a lot of time because they only have to pick up their children after school.
对于大多数父母来说，这可以帮助他们节省很多时间，因为他们只需要放学后去接孩子。
Xiao Wang is quite skilled and experienced though he's been in the factory for only a short time.
虽说小王来厂的时间不长，可是技术已经很熟练了。
Such tasks should either be given their own thread or wait only for a limited time.
对于这样的任务，应该要么只给予它们自己的线程，要么只让它们等待有限的时间。
Although this offer is only good for a limited time after refactoring. If you change any of the files that are involved, you won't be able to undo the refactoring anymore.
尽管该菜单选项只在重构之后的有限时间内有益，但是如果没有该菜单选项，而您更改了所涉及的任何文件的话，您将无法再取消重构。
Because other components work for only a short time with a connection, this delay is usually short.
因为其他组件只对连接占用很短的时间，因此这种延迟通常较短。
But the available medications work only for a short period of time and only in some people, Silverberg says.
但是对症下药也只在短期有效，而且只是对一些人有效，西尔佛·伯格说。
They generally didn't work at all or only worked for a short period of time.
它们根本无法工作，或者只工作了一个小段时间。
These temporary statuses are visible only for a short time in the WIP, until the edition is purged, canceled, or is being retried for population.
在清除、取消或为填充而重试该版本之前，只能在WIP中短时间内看到这些临时状态。
There is no question, though, that for some borrowers in default, foreclosure is only a theoretical threat for a long time.
毫无疑问，对于不少违约的借贷人来说，房屋被抵押拍卖只是一个长期的理论威胁而已。
The reported presence of Cesium 127 was disturbing, experts agreed, because it was evidence that the core had overheated, if only for a portion of time.
专家们同意，铯127的出现的报道非常令人不安，因为即使只是一段时间这已表明核心已过热。
Another example: Team members can increase motion waste by attending meetings that are either not required or where their presence is required for only a short time.
另外一个范例：参加并不需要的会议，或者只需要出席一小段时间的会议，团队成员会增加他们的移动消耗时间。
These elements were created in laboratories in the United States, Russia, and Germany. Only a few atoms were created and they only existed for a short time.
这些元素产生于美国、俄罗斯和德国的实验室，而且仅仅制造出了很少的原子并且它们存在时间很短。
This presents a problem for JVM implementers: if locks are only held for a short time, then spinning is more efficient; if locks are held for a long time, then suspension is more efficient.
这向JVM实现人员提出了一个问题：如果锁只被持有很短的时间，那么旋转会更有效率；如果锁持有很长时间，那么暂挂会更有效率。
This presents a problem for JVM implementers: if locks are only held for a short time, then spinning is more efficient; if locks are held for a long time, then suspension is more efficient.
这向JVM实现人员提出了一个问题：如果锁只被持有很短的时间，那么旋转会更有效率；如果锁持有很长时间，那么暂挂会更有效率。
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