the first but one

They found that nearly half of the first group, but only one patient in the second group, had the HLA-Bw6 gene.

他们发现第一组病人中，有将近一半具有HLA-Bw6基因，而在后一组的15个病人中，只有一个人具有这一基因。

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That day, I got up early, and had thought I was the first, but the last one.

到了那一天，我早早就起床了，原以为我是最早的，但却是最后一个。

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Unemployment is not merely an economic problem, but more a political one concerning social stability. To relieve the situation, first consideration should be given to the control of labor supply, improvement of labor demand and to reasonable industrial readjustment.

失业不仅是一个经济问题，而且是一个事关社会稳定的政治问题，要缓解失业现状，应该从控制劳动力供给，增加劳动力需求，合理的产业调整等方面着手进行。

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Computer mice come in many shapes and guises but Logitech's MX Air is one of the first actually designed to fly.

电脑鼠标现在的形状外观可谓是多种多样，但罗技（Logitech）的MX Air是首批确实能飞的鼠标。

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Just sitting in the sun one day, I realized the shattering meaning of St. Augustine's statement that, "The sun and the moon, all the wonders of nature, are not God's first works but second to spiritual works."

一天，当我坐在阳光下时，我猛然明白了圣尼古斯丁的话的涵义：太阳与月亮，所有自然界的奇迹，皆非上帝的“初作”，而是精神上的二次创造。

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Take the first turning but one.

在第二个拐弯处转弯。

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And one of them made reference to a series of books called "The One-Minute Bedtime Story." And I wince9 saying those words now, but my first reaction at the time was very different.

其中一个窍门引用了一系列丛书作参考，叫做“一分钟的床前故事。”而我，现在真不愿意承认但是我那时的第一反应和现在非常的不同。

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There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard.

有三个问题。头两个相对容易，第三个困难。

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In her studies of macaque monkeys, Brinkman has noticed that primates ( monkeys) seem to learn a hand preference from their mother in the first year of life but this could be one hand or the other.

在她对短尾猿猴的研究中，Brinkman注意到灵长类（猴子）似乎在生活的第一年从它们的母亲那学习用手的偏好但是这只是一只手或是另外一只。

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Here was a woodenhead whom I had put in the way of glittering promotions and prodigious responsibilities, and but one thing could happen: he and his responsibilities would all go to ruin together at the first opportunity.

我让一个呆瓜可能有机会青云直上，荣膺重任；而结局只能是：时机一到，他和他的事业前程都会一齐完蛋。

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An actress has reportedly been lined up to portray the future first lady but no one has yet identified a man to fill the shoes of the future first African American commander in chief.

据报道，演绎未来的第一夫人的女演员已定，但是还未确定由哪位男性来演绎未来的第一非洲裔美国总司令。

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