【only音标】 英[ˈəʊnli] 美[ˈoʊnli]
【单词释义】 only是什么意思：
adj.唯一的；仅有的；最好的，最适当的
adv.只，仅仅，只有；结果却，不料
conj.但是，可是；要不是
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【常用短语】
if only 但愿；要是…多好
if only 只要
in name only 名义上；有名无实
one and only 绝无仅有的；唯一的；有名的
【单词例句】
◇ He did not envy them in the least. How could it occur to him even to wish to be such a marvelous beauty? He wouldn’t be thankful if only the ducks would have tolerated him among them, the poor ugly creature.
他并不嫉妒他们。他怎能梦想有他们那样的美丽呢？只要别的鸭儿准许他跟他们生活在一起，他就已经很欣慰了--可怜的丑东西。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ besides, it was almost as cold at home as here, for they had only the roof to cover them, through which the wind howled, although the largest holes had been stopped up with straw and rags.
况且她家几乎和大街上一样冷。虽然屋顶上几个较大的裂口用草和破布堵住了，可风和雪还是不时地灌进屋里来。
◇ Then she saw another door,a door that was only forty centimetres high.The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but of course Alice could not get through it—she was much too big.
这时，她看见另有一个门，只有40厘米高。小金钥匙轻而易举就打开了门，可爱丽丝过不去——她太大了。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ "Lots of patients understand that what they need to do is remove food remnants," says Josefine Hirschfeld, associate professor and specialist in restorative dentistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. "That is only partially true. It's much more important to remove bacteria from the teeth."
英国伯明翰大学副教授、修复牙科学专家约瑟芬·赫希菲尔德说：“很多患者知道刷牙需要清除食物残渣。他们只说对了一半。事实上，清除牙齿上的细菌要重要得多。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ But Marguerite did not answer him; she was offended that he should call her a woman when she was only a girl; and there is a great difference. He asked her a second time, and then a third; but she remained dumb, and answered not a word.
可是“玛加丽特”不回答他。她很生气，因为她还不过是一个少女，而他却已把她称为“女人”；这究竟有一个分别呀。他问了第二次，第三次。
---- The Butterfly
◇ She answered, "Only God knows where they are. They are wandering about in the world."
王后回答：“他们四处流浪，只有上帝才知道他们在哪里。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ “Oh, yes," she replied. "I will promise you anything if only you bring back my ball."But she thought to herself that a silly frog like him could not be fit to associate with mankind.
她回答说：“哦，好的。只要你把我的金球拿回来，我什么都答应你。”但是她心想，像它那样愚笨的青蛙是不配和人类交往的。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ In past times there were a king and a queen, who said every day, "Oh, if only we had a child!" but they never received one.
以前，有个国王和王后一直没有孩子，因此，他们日夜期盼能有一个孩子。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ The tracks were muddy. The river was drying up. Most villagers only possessed one broom, a few tins and several jars and their rectangular grass huts with round angles were surrounded by weeds.
泥泞的道路、河流干枯，大部分的村民拥有的财产只不过是一只扫帚、几个瓶瓶罐罐而已，圆角的矩形草屋四周长满了杂草。
---- Helping the Remote Village
◇ The next year, Tuan was sunburnt but satisfied with his production very much. Thanks to Yuan Longpin, he not only won the battle against hunger, but he could also export his crops abroad.
第二年，俊被晒黑了，但是却对自己的生产非常满意。多亏了袁隆平，他不仅赢得了对抗饥饿的战斗，而且还将自己的作物出口到国外呢。
---- A New Farming Way