1·But an investment is supposed to generate income to pay off the loans.
但是一项投资应该产生收益以偿还贷款。
2·He talked hopefully to Becky; but an age of anxious waiting passed and no sounds came again.
他满怀希望地和贝基说着话，但是一个焦急等待的时刻过去了，没有声音再传来。
3·That is the goal, after all. I'm not selling a leaf or a beverage, but an experience and an identity.
毕竟，这就是我们的目标。我不是在贩卖一片叶子或者一种饮料，而是一种体验，一种归属感。
4·There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explain the system to newly users.
这里没有人工监督，但会有一名服务员在现场接受现金，并向新用户介绍系统。
5·The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an idea but an ideology.
反快乐艺术的兴起与大众传媒的出现几乎是同步的，与之相伴的是一种商业文化，在这种文化中，快乐不仅仅是一种主张，而是一种意识形态。
6·This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, but an average guy, up against the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.
这不是一个志愿兵，也不是一个收入丰厚的人，而是一个普通人，起而反抗几个世纪以来训练最好、装备最好、最凶猛、最野蛮的敌人。
7·In experiments, an injection of cytoplasm from dextral eggs changes the pattern of sinisterly eggs, but an injection from sinisterly eggs does not influence dextral eggs.
在实验中，右旋卵子的细胞质注射改变了左旋卵子的形态，但是左旋卵子的细胞质注射不会影响到右旋卵子。
8·He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man.
他是一位严厉的批评家，却是一个非常仁慈的人。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·"I'm retired, but an artist never retires," Anneke said.
“虽然我退休了，但一个艺术家是永远不会退休的。”安妮可说。
10·The two kids couldn't be more different, but an act of kindness connected them.
这两个孩子截然不同，但一个善举把他们联系了起来。