It was all but impossible to read his writing.

他的笔迹几乎没法辨认。

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Reiner, 56, has all but conceded the race to his rival.

56岁的赖纳差一点就向他的对手认输而使比赛结束。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Europe will be represented in all but two of the seven races.

7场比赛中除了2场之外, 都将有欧洲的代表参加。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

All but one of the Great Lakes has a name from Native American languages: Michigan,Huron,Erie and Ontario.

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He was motionless, all but for one finger that moved up and down in front of his face as if he were marking time with it.

他一动也不动，除了一根手指在他的面前上下摆动,好像在用它标记时间。

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But all they had to do is rediscover what the masters already knew.

但现在所做的都是之前的大师们已经所做过的。

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Since capital gains were all but guaranteed, the thinking went, you could safely spend them.

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Overnight, a strictly observed eight-hour curfew keeps all but the army off the streets.

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In the 1970s and early 1980s Kodak all but ignored prospects in developing countries.

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