She wouldn’ t say where she was going – she only said she’ d be back as soon as she could. 她不肯说她要去哪儿，她只说她会尽早回来。

The flowers grow wild only on the island of Maui. 只有在毛伊岛这些花才会长得非常茂盛。

Everyone promised they would come, but in the end only Ted and Jack showed up. 每个人都答应要来，但最后只有特德和杰克到场。

I only design the dresses, I don’ t actually make them. 我只设计这些服装，但真正做的不是我。

Only in this house do I feel safe and secure. 只有在这个房子里我才感到安全和放心。

Nowadays she performs only on very special occasions. 如今她只在非常特殊的场合才会表演。

They were being nice to Charlie only because they didn’ t want to hurt his feelings. 他们对查理显得很友好，这仅仅是因为他们不想伤害他的感情。

the/sb’ s only David’ s the only one of us who has a computer. 戴维是我们中唯一有计算机的人。

This is the only letter my father ever wrote to me. 这是我父亲写给我的唯一一封信。

My only reason for coming here was to see you. 我来这儿的唯一原因是要见你。

Johnson was born in Aberdeen in 1942, the only son in a family of six children. 约翰逊1942年生于阿伯丁，是一家6个孩子中唯一的男孩。

The only people who understand the problem are the scientists. 唯一懂这个问题的人是那些科学家。

The only thing we can do is wait and see. 我们唯一能做的就是等等看。

The police station was only 150 yards away. 警察局离这里只有150码。

The company was established in Lanarkshire only eight months ago. 这家公司8个月前才于拉纳克郡成立。

She was only 18, but she was as smart as someone twice her age. 她才18岁，但她却跟年龄大她一倍的人一样精明。

The mobile phone market makes up only a small part of Scottish Telecom’ s business. 手机市场只占了苏格兰电信公司生意的一小部分。

The two men spoke with each other only briefly. 这两个男人只简短地交谈了几句。

You pay the agent only if you sell the house. 除非你卖掉房子，否则你就不必付钱给代理人。

A further statement will be issued only when the investigation has been concluded. 只有在调查结束时才会发布进一步的声明。

Don’ t get upset – I was only joking. 别生气，我只是开开玩笑而已。

We are only trying to help. 我们只是想帮忙而已。

‘What was that noise?’ ‘Don’ t worry – it’ s only the wind.’ “那是什么声音？”“别担心，只不过是风声罢了。”

I met him for the first time only last week. 我上个星期才第一次见到他。

only now/then It is only now that the technology exists to transmit high quality images. 直到现在才有传送高质量图像的技术。

I picked some roses and only then did I notice that my mother’ s favourite vase was missing. 我采了一些玫瑰花，直到那时我才发现我母亲最喜欢的那个花瓶不见了。

only when Only when the government stops interfering will we see any improvement in our schools. 只有当政府停止干预时，我们才有希望看到学校有所改进。

Fiction is like real life, only better. 小说跟现实生活很相像，只是比现实生活更美好。

Her car is like mine, only it has four doors. 她的车很像我的，只是它有4个门。

His failure to respond to the criticism only made matters worse. 他未能对批评作出回应，结果只是让事情变得更糟。

I never complain – it only causes more trouble. 我从不抱怨，那只会引起更多的麻烦。

You should get a motorbike. Believe me, it’ s the only way to travel. 你应该弄一辆摩托车。相信我，这是最合适的交通方式。

In my opinion, Bond is the only man for the job. 依我看，邦德是做这项工作最合适的人选。

The film’ s only just started, so you haven’ t missed much. 电影才刚刚开始，你没有错过多少。

I’ m not hungry. I’ ve only just had lunch! 我不饿。我才吃过午饭！

At present we are only just managing to satisfy the demands of our customers. 目前我们只能勉强满足顾客的需要。

I’ ve got only just enough money to last me the month. 我的钱勉强够我度过这个月。

I tore open the box, only to discover that some of the parts were missing. 我撕开盒子，却发现有些零件不见了。

The company is only too aware of the risks involved. 公司太注意与此相关的种种风险了。

They discovered that, unfortunately, the rumour was only too true. 他们十分遗憾地发现传闻居然属实。

only too happygladwilling etc to do sth I’ d be only too happy to show you around the offices. 我非常乐意领你去各个办公室转转。

I only hope others will learn from what has happened to me. 我只希望别人能从我身上吸取教训。

I can only express absolute disgust that any public official would act in such a dishonest way. 政府官员行事竟然如此不诚实，对此我只能表示十分的厌恶。

As a waiter earning £150 a week, he can only dream about buying a home of his own. 作为一个周薪150英镑的服务员来说，有座属于自己的房子只能是他的梦想。

I can only assume that an error was made when the report was being typed. 我只能假定这份报告在打字过程中出了个错误。

We can only suppose that there has been political pressure on him to make this decision. 我们只能假设有政治压力迫使他作出了这个决定。

You only have to visit your local hospital to see that the system isn’ t working. 你只要到当地医院看一看就会知道这一制度是行不通的。