1.They were not using criticism but mud.

1.他们并批评诽谤。

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

2.他们没有领奖品领了现金。

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

3.爱头巾，明目水。

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

4.他们去教堂出于虔诚出于好奇。

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

5.那一所房子，美化了的小木屋。

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

6.他仅仅礼貌，无礼透顶。

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

7.他同我谈话, 训我。

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

8.我并没有省人事，介于某种中间状态。

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

9.我们少爷兵, 英勇善战的勇士。

10.He eats because of greed, not hunger.

10.他因为饿了,因为贪嘴才吃的。

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

11.他的论点依靠推理或者, 靠权威。

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

12.你们为什么尽力去解决问题互相拆台呢？

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

13.他果敢地去面对困难, 抱怨自己运气佳。

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

14.并他喜欢这个工作, 他没有时间。

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

15.有的人愿承认失败, 宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

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

16.我们之所以成功因为我们机智，因为我们坚韧拔。

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

17.并我愿意和你去, 因为现我很忙。

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

18.它并一部没有意思的娱乐片,一部有寓意的影片。

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

19.卡梅拉迷失自责中，读者若迷失她的自责中。

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

20."正确的思想头脑中固有的,来源于社会践。"