不过

merely

only

no more( ... )than

but

however

natheless

nevertheless

still and all

though

just

but then

but yet

不过[bùguò]

-（只;仅仅）only;just;merely;nothingbut;nomorethan:
nomorethanasmokescreen;不过是个烟幕
Hewasonlyseventeenwhenhejoinedthearmy.他参军时不过17岁。
-（用在后半句的开头，表示转折）but;nevertheless;however;only;exceptthat:-（用在形容词性的词组或双音形容词后面，表示程度最高）:

有些职员要被解雇，不过请放心，你不在此列。
Some of our staff are to be dismissed, but I hasten to add you won't be among them.

这不过是许多例子中的一个。
This is only one instance out of many.

你如果考虑到她学英语才不过六个月，那么她英语讲得的确不错了。
If you consider that she has only been studying English for six months, she speaks it very well.

别责备他，他只不过是个孩子。
Don't scold him; he is a mere child.

她只不过是个孩子。
She's a mere child.

你提升的希望只不过是一种幻觉。
Your hope of promotion is a mere delusion.

假装昏迷只不过是个诡计。
Pretending to faint was merely (an) artifice.

会议原定了两个小时，不过现在还没有结束。
The meeting was scheduled for two hours, but it is now over yet.

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