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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第869页（1039字）

【释义】：

a．①(同单数名词连用)唯一的，单独的：an only child独生子．Only socialism can save China．只有社会主义才能救中国．He was the only person able to do it．只有他能做这项工作．It is my one and only thinking．这是我唯一的想法．②(同复数名词连用)仅有的：They were the only people swimming in the river today．今天在河里游泳的只有他们几个人．③最好的，无比的，最合适的：He is the only man for the work．干这工作，他最合适．This team was the only one．这球队是最好的．

一ad．只(有)，仅仅，不过，才：He has only two children．他只有两个孩子．Only the typewriter is allowed to use this room．只有打字员才能使用这个房间．I can only guess what happened．我只能猜测发生了什么事．He came only yesterday．他是昨天才来的．I was only just in time．我好容易才赶上．I will tell it only to you．这件事我只对你一个人说．He hurried to the station only to find the train had gone．他赶到车站结果发见火车已开走了．only too非常，极其：We are only too pleased to see the film．我们非常喜欢看这部电影．The news was only too true．这消息再真实不过了．

－conj．【口语】可是，但是，可惜：I would do it with pleasure．only I am too busy．我很高兴去做，可是我很忙．only that只是，要不是：He would probably do well in the performance，only that he gets nervous．若不是他有些紧张，他可能演得很好．