Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house.

他只停下来穿了件毛衣就冲出了屋外。

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The best education should not be available only to the wealthy.

不应该只有富人才能得到最好的教育。

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I hurried to go to school only to find that it was Saturday.

我匆匆忙忙去上学，却发现那天是星期六。

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She exhibited her art in Chicago, only to lose them all in the Great Chicago Fire of eighteen seventy-one.

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With any innovation, it's important not only to launch it properly but also to consider how to sustain it over time.

对于任何发明，重要的不仅仅是,正确的使用它，还要考虑,怎样维护它。

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And I think there was a time when that sense of dominion was used as justification for using those resources only to serve human needs.

我想，有一段时间里，这种统治感,被人们当做使用资源的借口,仅仅为了满足人类的需求。

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The Yankees rallied to the ninth last night only to lose to Toronto in the 14th.

NPR: Giants Say Goodbye to Bonds

The philanthropy card is used only to trump the competition, not as a chief selling point.

FORBES: The Profit Givers

Sony engineers invented Betamax, only to see the cheaper VHS become the standard for videocassette recorders.

FORBES: It Takes a Crisis