What is the translation of " 他不过是 " in English?

• he was just
• he is merely

Examples of using 他不过是 in Chinese and their translations into English

他不过是一个受惊的孩子。
He was just a scared boy.

所以，他不过是利用她来得到他想要的罢了。
Maybe he's just using her to get what he wants.

住手，他不过是一个当兵的！”.
Stop, he is just a soldier!".

原来，他不过是一个纸老虎罢了。
He's just a paper tiger.

我想，他不过是在替我难过。
I think he just feels sorry for me.

他说，他不过是布什总统的一个顾问而已。
So he was not only an adviser to President Bush.

他不过是想去救个人而已。
He just tried to save someone.

他不过是想去救个人而已。
He just wants to save someone.

在第四世纪的作家，他不过是占很大的价值。
His accounts of the authors of the fourth century however are of great value.

亚瑟-大他不过是一个小男孩在费舍尔的国王。
Arthur was but a young boy in the King's court.

他不过是一匹马。
He was only a horse.

他不过是一个懒汉、一个小偷的一千倍。
He's nothing but a lazy man and a thief times a thousand.

我想，他不过是在替我难过。
I think he just took pity on me.

张爱玲是这么写的：“他不过是一个自私的男子，她不过是一个自私的女人。
Chang states that“He was just a selfish man, and she was just a selfish woman”.

这位警察局长觉得就是这样，他不过是犯了使用不周的命题的错误，而因此推断出，凡是诗人都是笨蛋。
This the Prefect feels; and he is merely guilty of a non distributio medii in thence inferring that all poets are fools.

张爱玲写道：“他不过是一个自私的男子，她不过是一个自私的女人。
For instance, Chang states that“He was just a selfish man, and she was just a selfish woman”.

他不过是也像马赫那样摇摆不定，不知道使自己的相对主义依据什么。
He is merely vacillating as is Mach, not knowing on what to base his relativism.

他不过是受现代科学工作原理的理解所引导，从而得出所有知识都归结为感官印象的立场。
He was just led from his understanding of how modern science works to a position that traced all knowledge to sensory impressions.

张爱玲接下来是”他不过是一个自私的男子，她不过是一个自私的女人。
For instance, Chang states that“He was just a selfish man, and she was just a selfish woman”.

紫光集团CEO赵伟国表示，他不过是在建造自己的芯片工厂，因为美国政府不允许他在美国投资。
Unigroup's CEO Zhao Weiguo says he is only building his own factories due to Washington's refusal to let him invest in the U. S.

按照他的经济条件来说，他不过是活的劳动能力而已，因而也有生活的需要。
According to their economic conditions they are merely a living labour capacity, hence equipped with the necessaries of life.

一个复杂的人其心中如果不存在一个单纯的人的话，那么他不过是魔鬼的一个仆从罢了。
If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the Devil's angels.

对另一些人来说，他们不过是天空上的小灯盏罢了。
For others they are merely little lights in the sky.

他们不过是三个,我的主。
We were not only three, my Lord.

对另一些人来说，他们不过是天空上的小灯盏罢了。
For others they are nothing but small lights.

他们不过是环境的产物而已。
They are simply products of their environment.

他们不过是一帮鸟民!
But they're just a bunch of birds!

他们不过是对资本的横暴掠夺设置一些限制而已。
They only set limits to the tyrannical usurpations of capital.

然而，说穿了，他们不过是共犯而已。
But by saying nothing, they are complicit.

他们不过是两个有心理障碍的可怜人罢了。
They are just two poor people with mental disorders.