It's fifty words long. Of those fifty words, thirty-nine have but one syllable.

里面有五十个单词。五十个词里有三十九个都是单音节。

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience.

能指引我前进的只有一盏灯，那就是经验之灯。

In his mind, he had but one option, and that was the old option: Work hard.

在他看来，他只有唯一的、陈旧的选择——努力工作。

It had but one defect — that of attainment.

它只有一个缺陷——成就。

I don't think I have, but one never knows.

我不认为我有， 但没人知道。

We have but one life, and that is short enough.

我们只有一次生命， 那已经足够短暂了。

We have but one aim and one single, irrevocable purpose.

我们只有一个目标， 一个唯一的、不可撤销的目标。

I had but one desire, Mr. Holmes, and I had enough money to gratify it.

我只有一个愿望， 福尔摩斯先生， 而且我有足够的钱来满足它。

Magic has but one dogma, namely, that the seen is the measure of the unseen'.

魔术只有一个教条，即可见的是不可见的尺度。

I have but one life and life is naught but a measurement of time.

我只有一次生命， 而生命只不过是时间的一种计量。

But nothing would do him: he had but one idea in his beautiful obstinate head.

但他什么也做不了：他美丽而固执的脑袋里只有一个想法。

You have but one end to keep in view—how the work you have undertaken can best be done.

你只有一个目标需要关注——如何最好地完成你所承担的工作。

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

我有但只有一盏灯用来指引我的脚步，那就是经验之灯。

There is no doubt that the Spanish government was eager to avoid a war that could have but one outcome.

毫无疑问，西班牙政府急于避免一场可能只有一个结果的战争。

With it they put out the monster's eye, for he had but one eye, which was in the middle of his forehead.

他们用燃烧的木头抠出了巨人的眼睛，他只有一只眼睛，就在额头正中央。

Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere.

那西方的恶女巫只有一只眼睛，然而那只眼睛却像望远镜一样地具有穿透力，能看到老远的地方。

You are many, and my daughter can have but one husband. How then will it be when she shall have made her choice?

你们人太多了，我的女儿只能有一位丈夫，当她作出决定后会怎样呢？

Socially he had but one relief; and, to the end of life, he never forgot the keen gratitude he owed for it.

在社交方面， 他只有一种解脱； 而且，直到生命的尽头， 他都没有忘记他对它的深切感激。

In reality, he had but one longing, to know who was there: Louis de Malreich, the man sentenced to death, or another?

实际上，他只有一个渴望， 想知道那里是谁：路易斯·德·马莱希， 被判处死刑的人， 还是其他人？

I was then but a little girl. Rip had but one question more to ask; but he put it with a faltering voice: Where's your mother?

当时我还是个小女孩呢。”瑞普还想再问一个问题；他的声音颤抖着：“你母亲在哪儿？”