这就是一个相互矛盾的困窘。没有人想要支持你除非你已经成功了，但是如果没有人支持，你怎么可能成功呢？
It's a Catch-22 situation here. Nobody wants to support you until you're successful, but without the support how can you ever be successful?
至于我，我不想放弃我的足球衫。但是，说实话，我已经有一段时间没有踢球了。
As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts. However, to be honest, I have not played football for a while.
当今已经没有恐龙生存了，但是我们可以在博物馆看到恐龙模型。
There are no dinosaurs alive today, but models of dinosaurs can be seen in the museum.
我想写信告诉你，我们对你的服务非常失望。 我们已经预订了一张桌子，但是当我们按预定的时间去那里的时候，却被告知没有座位了。
I am writing to tell you that we were quite disappointed with your service. We had booked a table, but when we went there at the time as arranged, only to be told there were no seats available.
莱斯莉解释了可行的治疗方法，但是你可以看得出她没有领会。
Lesley explains possible treatments but you can tell she's not taking it in.
我把问题重复了一遍，但是她仍没有回答。
干燥的石墙看上去荒凉而且没有生命迹象，但是它们却为动植物提供了宝贵的栖居地。
Dry stone walls may appear stark and lifeless, but they provide a valuable habitat for plants and animals.
已经开学好几个星期了，我的工资本应该直接打到我的银行账户里，但是我却没有看到任何存款。
It's already been several weeks into the semester and my paycheck was supposed to go directly into my bank account, but there haven't been any deposits.
但是不管怎样，即使有了你给我们的歌词翻译什么的……我可以看出它是悲伤的，但没有试图从音乐的角度来分析它。
But anyway, even with the translations you gave us for the lyrics and everything...I could tell it's sad, but I wasn't trying to analyze it from a musical perspective.
他见过我几次，早就打算来看我了，但是由于种种特殊的情况，他没有来——他威严地签下名字：杰伊·盖茨比。
He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it—signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand.
现在最好的食物都烧给可怜的汉赛尔了，但是格莱特除了蟹壳什么也没有得到。
Now the best food was cooked for poor Hansel, but Gretel got nothing but crab-shells.
他舔了舔嘴唇，准备好了，但是胡克蹒跚地走了出来，没有提着他的灯笼。
He wetted his lips to be ready, but Hook came staggering out, without his lantern.
尽管人们几乎没有进行过全面的研究，但是华盛顿大学的一项研究调查了药品样本的可获得性对医生开的处方的影响。
Though few comprehensive studies have been conducted, one by the University of Washington investigated how drug sample availability affected what physicians prescribe.
现在已经没有乳齿象了，但是有大象的存在；它们是乳齿象的后代。
There aren't any mastodons left, but there are elephants, which descended from mastodons.
已经快15分钟了，但是没有人能找到正确的气球。
It was almost 15 minutes but no one was able to find the right one.
我们对视了一下，但是没有任何声音打破我海边小屋的沉默。
We looked at each other but no sound broke the silence of my beach side house.
电影20分钟之后就要开始了，但是公交车还没有来。
The movie will start in 20 minutes, but the bus still hasn't come.
法国人丹尼斯·帕潘在詹姆斯·瓦特出生前近百年就有了制造蒸汽机的想法，但是他从来没有足够的资金去建造这样一台机器。
The Frenchman Denis Papin had the idea for a steam engine almost a hundred years before James Watt was born, but Denis never had enough money to build one.
说起来容易，但是有人在门口说“电”（收电费）或者“气”（收气费）时，你会默认他是个没有问题的人，特别是他出示了他的证件后。
It's all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says "electricity" or "gas", and you automatically think he is OK, especially when he shows his card.
雪莉：以前我有雄心壮志，但是现在我没有了职业目标。
Shirley: I was full of ambitions before. But now I have no aim for my career.
但是没有了纳税人的支持，他们无法生存。
他监守了三天，但是没有效果。
对于工作，这对夫妇已经寻觅了数月之久，但是依然没有收获。
Both of them have searched for jobs for months, to no avail.
雅虎和谷歌已经相斗好几年了，但是没有胜利。
Yahoo! Has been aiming to compete with Google for years, but without success.
没有排除返回月球，但是介绍了一种叫做“迂回路线”的探索计划。
It does not rule out a return, but does describe something called a "Flexible Path" for exploration.
他们没有找到他，但是他们洗劫了教堂。
20年前个人计算机还相当稀少的时候，这件事并没有那么重要，但是时代不同了。
That didn't matter so much 20 years ago when personal computers were few and far between, but times have changed.
炼钢业已经没有了，但是钢制品以及带来的利益正迅猛增长。欧洲最新的高炉刚刚在多伊士堡投入使用。
Steel jobs have gone, but production and profits are booming; Europe's newest blast furnace has just opened in Duisburg.
虽然医生没有注意到，但是这些病人已经具有了交流的能力。
Although their doctors had not noticed it, these patients were now capable of communicating.
现在这个时候应该没有蛇了，但是，连着下了好几天的雨让响尾蛇和铜斑蛇可能会在下午时候出来晒太阳。
It was late in year for snakes, but after days of rain the afternoon was warm and sunny enough to bring a rattler or copperhead out to sun.
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