Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as "a necessary evil".

与此同时，本可以让每个人生活更好的政府开支却被削减了，因为人们本能地——且错误地——将政府贴上了“必定邪恶”的标签。

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The designs and images on the surface of a tapestry are woven into the cloth as opposed to being only on the surface of the cloth.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

It's really as if the game is being played where the only choices available on the table are 1 through 67.

就如同这游戏的可选项只有,1到67之间的数字了

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But, as you know, air is only 20% oxygen, the balance being nitrogen.

但是你知道空气中只有20%的是氧气，大部分的是氮气。

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Paul didn't see his purpose as being only to expose malignantly entrenched wrongdoing, however.

FORBES: Paul Klebnikov, 1963-2004

This has allowed LG to market the new EA9800 model as being only 4.3mm (0.17in) thick, weighing 17kg (37.5lb) and offering an "Imax-cinema-like" viewing experience.

BBC: LG to start selling curved OLED TVs in South Korea

It defines marriage as being only between a man and a woman, making California one of 30 states to adopt a ban on same-sex marriage.

NPR: California Gay Leaders Assess Marriage Defeat