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1.They were not using criticism but mud.

他们并不批评而诽谤。

2.They took cash in lieu of the prize they had won.

他们没有领奖品而领了。

3.Love is not a hood, but an eyewater.

情不头巾，而明目水。

4.They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.

他们去教堂不出于虔诚而出于好奇。

5.It's not a house but a glorified hut.

那不一所房子，而美化了的小木屋。

6.He wasn’t just impolite—he was downright rude.

他不仅仅不礼貌，而无礼透顶。

7.He doesn't talk to me—he lectures at me!

他不在同我谈话, 而在训我。

8.I am not unconscious, but in some in-between state.

我并没有不省事，而介于某种中间状态。

9.We are no carpet soldiers, but courageous troops.

我们不少爷兵, 而英勇善战的勇士。

10.He eats because of greed, not hunger.

他不因为饿了,而因为贪嘴才吃的。

11.His argument does not rest on reasoning or on experiment, but on authority.

他的论点不依靠推理或者实验, 而靠权威。

12.Why don’t you try to solve the problem instead of scoring points over each other?

你们为什么不尽力去解决问题而拆台呢？

13.He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties.

他不果敢地去面对困难, 而抱怨自己运气不佳。

14.Not that he dislikes the work, but he has no time.

并不他不喜欢这个工作, 而他没有时间。

15.Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.

有的不愿承认失败, 而宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

16.We were successful not because we were quick-witted but because we persevered.

我们之所以成功不因为我们机智，而因为我们坚韧不拔。

17.Not that I'm unwilling to go with you, but that I'm busy now.

并不我不愿意和你去, 而因为在我很忙。

18.It’s not just mindless entertainment,it’s a film with a message.

它并不一部没有意思的娱乐片,而一部有寓意的影片。

19.Lost in Kamela's self-recrimination is a bounty of evidence to the contrary.

不卡梅拉迷失在自责中，而读者若迷失在她的自责中。

20."Correct ideas are not innate in the mind, but come from social practice."

"正确的思想不头脑中固有的,而来源于社会实践。"