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。