He poured in every ounce of power but couldn't make it.

他竭尽全力却无济于事。

Martha's approaching her century and as wick as a flea.

玛撒快满百岁，却敏捷得像只跳蚤。

However, so many managnemnt department lead enterprise into dilemmatic situation, which lead them at loose ends.

然，管理部门多却使企业左右为难，无所适从。

The poor fox escaped from the trap at the cost of a leg.

那只可怜的小狐狸逃出陷阱, 却失去一条腿。

Disembodied voices could be heard in the darkness.

"在黑暗声,却看不影。"

He received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services.

他的服务只得到一句谢谢却并没有物质上的补偿。

I shanked a shot and hit a person on a shoulder.

我用棒杆弯头击出球，却打到一个的肩上。

As Stanton is about to kill Michael, U.S.Marshall Sooter shoots Stanton instead.

斯坦顿准备射杀迈可，法警舒特却射杀斯坦顿。

Their opposition only strengthened her resolve not to give in.

他们的反对却增强她坚持下去的决心。

There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Too, rates have been increasing.

联邦补助下调。时，物价却上涨。

He rescued the boy from drowning at the cost of his own life.

他救这小孩免于淹死却牺牲自己的生命。

They escaped with minor injuries but the van was a write-off.

他们受点轻伤脱险,可是客货车却报废。

Nobody thought he would last 15 rounds but he went the full distance.

谁都以为他坚持不15个回合，可他却打满全场。

The conception of the book took five minutes, but writing it took a year.

构想那本书只花五分钟, 写那本书却用一年。

"He memorized the list of dates, but neglected the main facts corresponding to them."

"他记住那一系列日期,但却忽略与其有关的主要事实。"

Hurling his arms and legs about wildly, he kept afloat but wasted much effort.

他用胳膊和腿在水乱划, 这样虽可以漂浮, 但却白费许多力气。

It was nothing but a placeman's rant, but it unleashed the whirlwind.

这篇文章就只像一个警察的警告，但它却掀起更大的狂风暴雨。

She stayed with us for three weeks and didn’t once lend a hand with the housework!

她在我们这儿住三周，却从来没有帮忙做家务！

As a young man he was admired, but as an old man he became a figure of fun.

年轻时，他受崇拜；到老，却被嘲笑。

Secondly the two kinds of contradictive perversion of narcissism-- sadism and masochism, work together in him.

第二，两种看似矛盾的自恋症状，施虐和自虐在其身上却得到统一。