The doctors will operate if necessary—but it may not come to that.
必要时医生会施行手术，但也许还不致如此。
A lot of the stuff in the story is not true, but I have to say that where there's smoke there's fire.
故事中有许多事情都不是真的，但我不得不说，无风不起浪。
But I could not help thinking about that silly poem.
但是我情不自禁地想起那首荒诞的诗。
My French is okay, but not that good.
我的法语还行，但也没有特别好。
Perhaps not, but after all, it's their money that they're spending.
也许不是，但毕竟，他们花的是自己的钱。
A myth is something that is not correct, but many people believe.
神话是指一些许多人相信但并不正确的事情。
It was not, she knew, that night had come, but something as dark as night had come.
她知道，不是黑夜来了，而是某种像黑夜一样漆黑的东西来了。
I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue.
我是挣着很多钱，但那不是问题的关键。
不过嘛，那可能不是真的。
You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not.
你认为这是我故意干的，不过我向你保证不是的。
My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight.
我家人坚持认为我不应该屈服，而应该留下来斗争。
Weather conditions were poor, but he did not delay his departure on that account.
天气不好，但他并没有因此延期起程。
The situation is not good but we live in hope that it will improve.
情况不好，但我们依然希望会好转。
We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that particular road.
我们已经讨论了私有化问题，但不想采用这种方法。
The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees.
令人意想不到的结果是，我们有许多优秀但却不快乐的雇员。
I grant you (that) it looks good, but it's not exactly practical.
我承认你说的，它好看，可并不实用。
But that does not seem to be the real issue here.
但这似乎不是真正的问题所在。
He was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him.
他被限制在水下的笼子里，但这并不困扰他。
Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him.
有时，他被限制在水下的笼子里，但这并不困扰他。
You will be immortal, but not in the immortal sense that goes against your will.
你会是不朽的，但不是从那种违背你意愿的不朽的意义上说。
If science or philosophy may gain anything from poetry, they are welcome, but that is not the reason for poetry's being.
如果科学和哲学可以从诗里得到任何东西，它们是受欢迎的，但那不是诗歌存在的原因。
That mountain is high but this mountain is not high.
那座山很高而这座山不高。
I am not good at soccer, but that evening it was wonderful.
我不擅长足球，但那天晚上踢得棒极了。
The terrestrial world is green now, but it did not start out that way.
陆地世界现在是绿色的，但一开始它并不是这样的。
But in many cases that strategy did not work.
但在很多情况下，这种策略并不奏效。
I question not your honesty in that; I but warn you, that is all.
我不怀疑你的诚实；我只是警告你，仅此而已。
Fancy his surprise when he saw that it was not a hand, but a cat's paw.
想想看，当他发现那不是一只手，而是一只猫爪时，有多么惊讶。
But it's not like that in Japan!
但是在日本可不是这样！
The school that I go to have uniform but it's not so strict.
我上的学校有校服，但要求没那么严格。
First, choose problems to work on that "challenge but do not frustrate".
首先，挑选“有挑战性但不令人沮丧”的问题，并解决它们。
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