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• Enough methods now exist to solve all but the most intractable cases .
  现在有足够的办法去解决几乎是最难对待的局面。
• His words were echoed with unspeakable astonishment by all but elinor .
  他的话引起了除埃莉诺以外所有人的无可形容的震惊的反响。
• All but plug and backmix require rather sophisticated mathematical analysis .
  除了活塞流与逆混流之外，其它都需要比较深的数学分析。
• She all but collapsed into the embassy car that met her at the moscow airport .
  大使馆派车到莫斯科机场来接她，她一上车就几乎垮了。
• Now it is the parliament that, in all but name, is the chief power in the land .
  今天，除了名义外，在各方面议会都是国家的主要权力机构。
• He tactfully stayed out of all but the most desultory conversations with the members .
  他机灵地避免和会员进行任何谈话，除非随便闲聊几问。
• He was cut off from all but a scanty radio communication with his armies .
  他同他的部队之间除了零星无线电联络以外，一切的联系都被切断了。
• His stomach "got out of whack" and he all but died in a sacramento boarding-house .
  他的胃“出了毛病”差一点在萨克拉门托的寄宿舍里送了命。
• In her case, all but unbelievable relationship which had led to her death .
  拿她来说，这简直是令人无法相信的一种关系，而这也就把她引上了绝路。
• He was indeed at this time having the central office cleared of all but his vassals .
  的确，他这时正在对中央事务所进行全面清洗（他的亲信除外）。