examples of ‘but’ means ‘only’

This is but one of the methods used to try and get alcoholics to give up drink. 这只是为让那些酗酒者戒酒所尝试的方法之一。

This is but a foretaste of what the emerging technologies will enable us to do. 新科技将会给我们带来什么,这仅仅是一次初体验。

Our world is but a small part of the cosmos. 我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。

There is but one idea in everybody’s mind–Victory! 每人脑子里都只有一个意念:“胜利!”

Beauty is but skin deep. 美貌不过是一张皮。

She is but a child. 她不过是个孩子。

Life is but a dream, be endless, be also brief. 人生如梦,是漫长的,也是简短的。

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