only to find

I emerged from the bath only to find the room and corridor deserted.

洗了澡出来,房间和走廊里寂寥无声.

汉英文学 - 现代散文

He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit.

他转入岔路，却发现自己困在了一个难觅出口的市镇广场。

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I reached the station only to find that my train had already left.

我到了车站，却发现我要搭乘的火车已经开走了。

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He enjoys laughing at others, only to find himself laughed at.

他喜欢嘲笑别人, 结果发现自己被别人嘲笑.

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I arrive early, only to find my guest is already waiting, settled on a green leather banquette.

我提前来到餐厅，却发现马丁已在等我，坐在绿色的皮质长软座上。

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I walked all the way from home to the library, only to find it closed.

我从家里一路走到图书馆, 不料已经关门了.

词典精选例句

Police in the US state of New York broke into a vehicle to rescue an apparently frozen woman, only to find it was a mannequin, local media report.

据当地媒体日前报道，美国纽约州的一名警察破窗闯入一辆车内，去营救一名看起来像被冰死的女子，结果发现只是一个模型假人而已。

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We need only to find the right medicine to dissolve the residue.

我们只需要找到对症的药来溶解这些残留物就可以了.

电影对白

Dan made a break for his car only to find the driver's door locked.

丹朝他的汽车跑去，却发现驾驶座位置的门被锁住了。

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He kept on dialing the number, only to find line was engaged all the time.

他不停地挂那个号码却发现电话一直占线.

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I at her home, only to find the door locked.

我去过她家, 结果却发现其房门紧锁着.

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He arrived late only to find the train gone.

他匆匆赶到车站,结果发现火车已经走了.

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This requires heavy work in the IXAND operator only to find a potentially small intersection.

这需要IXAND操作符仅仅为了找到一个小交集而进行繁重的工作。

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She turned up the driveway, only to find her way blocked.

她开上自家车道，不料发现路已被堵。

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In the cheeky epic "Kin-dza-dza!" ( 1986), a Muscovite goes out to buy macaroni only to find himself accidentally teleported, alongside a bewildered Georgian student, to a distant desert land.

在顽皮的史诗片《外星奇遇》（Kin-dza-dza！，1986年上映）中，一个莫斯科人外出去买意大利面，却被意外地进行了心灵传送，和一个困惑的格鲁吉亚学生一起被送到遥远的沙漠。

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He went to the station hurriedly only to find the train had left.

他匆匆地赶到车站,却发现火车已经离开了.

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There's nothing that ticks off a professor more than making him-or herself available for a custom office hour only to find that you don't care enough to come on time.

让教授腾出空闲，跟他或她约在了一个非正式的办公时间里见面却没有注意准时到达，没有什么比这更能惹恼教授的了。

高考真题- 2015 浙江 七选五

When I staggered with reality, only to find love becomes empty!

当我与现实交错，才发现爱变空了！

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around her campus in Dubuque, Iowa, only to find

放在她所在位于爱荷华州迪比克的校园各处，

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Alice hurried to school, only to find it was Sunday.

爱丽丝迅速赶到学校, 结果发现是星期日.

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George: It's only to find out whether you're free in the evening.

乔治: 只是想问一下,晚上你有空吗?

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Before the flood ended, I returned abroad, only to find that the report about the flood in western media was totally negative: corpses and the homeless scattered everywhere.

洪水尚未结束，我回到国外，看到西方关于洪水的报道，全部是尸横遍野、哀鸿满地。

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Only honest and trustworthy, only to find a path to success.

只有老实守信, 才可找出一条通往成功的道路.

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The 23-year-old business administration major at Beijing Wuzi University bought a limited edition Gundam model kit online for a small fortune, only to find that its appeal faded rapidly.

他就读于北京物资学院工商管理系，现年23岁。杨毅曾花重金在网上买了一个限量版高达模型，结果却发现新鲜感转瞬即逝。

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He raced through the living room, only to find the front door closed.

他飞快地跑过起居室，却发现前门锁上了。

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The MPC has form in predicting a strong recovery only to find it proves elusive.

mpc有过预测强劲复苏、结果却发现这种复苏很难实现的记录。

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There is nothing worse than trying to relax and eat a special meal only to find clouds of cigarette smoke drifting over you.

本打算轻松一下，吃上一顿特别的饭菜，结果却发现周围烟雾缭绕——没有什么比这更糟糕了。

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House goes to his office only to find his guitar missing.

House在他的办公室发现吉他不见了.

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Once I let a true love slip away before my eyes, only to find myself regretting when it was too late, nothing in the world can be as painful as this.

曾经有一份真挚的感情摆在我面前，我没有好好珍惜，等到失去时才后悔莫及，世上最痛苦的事莫过于此。

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Zhang finally arrived at his destination, only to find no parking room.

张先生终于到达目的地时, 又发现根本找不到停车位.

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