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on.ly LIMITH5EJn7li, $5oJn-adv [not gradable]used to show that something is limited to the people, things, amount or activity stated只, 才Andy and Steve are both very musical, but only Steve plays the piano. Andy plays the guitar.安迪和斯蒂夫都很有音乐才能，但是只有斯蒂夫弹钢琴。安迪弹吉他。Steve only plays the piano/(fml) plays only the piano, and no other instruments.斯蒂夫只弹钢琴，不弹其它乐器。Steve only plays the piano, he doesn't write music for it.斯蒂夫只弹钢琴，他并不作曲。At present these televisions are only available in Japan/(slightly fml) are available only in Japan.目前，这些电视机只在日本才有。Only Mary and Mark bothered to turn up for the meeting.只有玛丽和马克费功夫出席了这次会议。This club is for members only.这家俱乐部只对其成员开放。Their food is made only from organically grown vegetables.他们的食品只由不施化肥长出来的蔬菜制成。Only a qualified electrician should attempt to do this.只有一个有资格的电工才可以试着干这活儿。Only an idiot would do something as dangerous as that.只有白痴才会做那样危险的事。These shoes only cost ￡20.这些鞋子只要价20英镑。I'm not badly injured --it's only a scratch.我伤得不重----只是擦伤。I didn't mean what I said. I was only joking.我说这话并不是认真的。我只是在开玩笑。I was only trying to help.我只是试图帮忙。He can't be dead --I only spoke to him this morning.他不可能死了----我今天早上才和他说过话。The party can't be finishing already. I only arrived half an hour ago.这聚会不可能是要结束了。我半小时前才到的。She spoke to me only (= no more than) a few minutes ago on the telephone.她在几分钟前还和我通过电话。It's only four o'clock and (= It is surprising that it is no later than four o'clock because) it's already getting dark.才四点，天已经黑了。"Who's there?" "Hello, it's only me (= it is not someone you should worry about). I've locked myself out."“是谁在那儿?”“喂，就我一个人。我把自己关在外面了。”It's only natural (= It is not unreasonable) that you should be concerned about your baby's health, but there's absolutely nothing to worry about.很自然你会担心你的婴儿的健康，但是绝对没什么可担忧的。Only can be used to express regret about something that cannot happen when explaining why it cannot happen.表遗憾I'd love to go to Australia. I only wish I could afford to.我想去澳大利亚。我只是希望我能够负担得起。Only can be used when saying that something unpleasant will happen as a result of an action or a failure to act.表不良后果的发生You may as well paint it properly now, because you'll only have to paint it again later if you don't.你最好现在好好地涂，不然的话以后你就只得重涂一遍。(infml) Only can also be used to show that you think someone has done something foolish.表某人做出傻事She's only locked herself out of her flat again!她只是又一次把自己关在了门外!Daryl's not only extremely intelligent--he's also very good-looking.达里尔不仅非常聪明----而且他很英俊。If this project fails it will affect not only our department, but also the whole organization.如果这项工程失败了，它将不仅影响到我们部门，还会对整个组织产生影响。This washing machine was not only expensive, it's unreliable as well.这台洗衣机不仅贵，而且质量靠不住。If you say you have only (got) to do something, you mean that it is all you need to do in order to achieve something else.只需, 尽管If you want any help, you have only to ask.如果你想要帮什么忙，尽管开口。You've only got to look at her face to see that she's not well.你只要看看她的脸色就能知道她不舒服。If only is used when you want to say how doing something simple would make it possible to avoid something unpleasant.只要是, 只要If only she would listen to what I was saying we might be able to sort out this problem.只要是她愿意听我说，我们可能就能够解决这个问题了。If he'd only bothered to get some insurance before his house burnt down, he wouldn't be in such a mess now.要是他在房子烧毁之前就费心去保险，他现在就不会处于如此狼狈的困境中了。You can use only just to refer to something that happens almost immediately after something else.刚刚Pam's annoyed because she's only just arrived and people are already leaving.帕姆很生气，因为她还只是刚刚到，而人们却都在离开了。We'd only just set off when the car broke down.我们刚出发，车就抛锚了。Only just can also mean almost not.几乎不He has only just enough money to pay the rent.他差点没有足够的钱来付租金。There was only just enough food to go round.差点没有足够的食物给大家吃。After spending an hour in a traffic jam, we arrived in time for our flight, but only just (= but we almost did not).塞车塞了一小时后，我们及时赶上了飞机，但只是勉强赶上。
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