Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
only [ˈəunlɪ]
I adv
1 (emphasizing one thing) 仅(僅)仅(僅) jǐnjǐn
- I'm only interested in finding out the facts.
我仅(僅)仅(僅)对(對)找出事实(實)真相有兴(興)趣。 Wǒ jǐnjǐn duì zhǎochū shìshí zhēnxiàng yǒu xìngqù.
- The video is to be used for teaching purposes only.
该(該)录(錄)像仅(僅)供教学(學)使用。 Gāi lùxiàng jǐn gōng jiàoxué shǐyòng.
2 (emphasizing sth must happen) 只有 zhǐyǒu
- The lawyer is paid only if he wins.
律师(師)只有赢(贏)了官司才能拿钱(錢)。 Lǜshī zhǐyǒu yíngle guānsi cái néng ná qián.
3 (emphasizing insignificance) 只 zhǐ
II adj
(=sole) 唯一的 wéiyī de
- He was the only survivor.
他是唯一的幸(倖)存者。 Tā shì wéiyī de xìngcúnzhě.
III conj
(=but) 可是 kěshì
(=barely)勉强(強) miǎnqiǎng
- I was only joking
我只是在开(開)玩笑。 wǒ zhǐshì zài kāi wánxiào - I saw her only last week
我上周(週)才见(見)了她 wǒ shàngzhōu cái jiànle tā - I'd be only too pleased or happy to help
我非常乐(樂)意来(來)帮(幫)忙 wǒ fēicháng lèyì lái bāngmáng - I know only too well…
我太了解… wǒ tài liǎojiě … - it's only fair/natural
这(這)很公平/自然 zhè hěn gōngpíng/zìrán - we asked for her autograph only to be ignored
我们(們)要她的签(簽)名却(卻)被置之不理 wǒmen yào tā de qiānmíng què bèi zhì zhī bù lǐ - only just
(=recently)刚(剛)刚(剛) gānggāng
- I've only just arrived
我刚(剛)刚(剛)才到 wǒ gānggāng cái dào
(=barely)
- Farmers have only just managed to survive
农(農)民们(們)只是勉强(強)维(維)持生计(計) nóngmínmen zhǐshì miǎnqiǎng wéichí shēngjì
- not only…but (also)…
不但…而且… bùdàn…érqiě…
- Chimps not only use tools but make them.
黑猩猩不但使用而且制(製)造工具。 Hēixīngxing bùdàn shǐyòng érqiě zhìzào gōngjù.
- the only one
(=person)唯一 wéiyī (=thing) 唯一 wéiyī
- an only child
独(獨)生子女 dúshēng zǐnǚ
在这些条目还发现'only':
在英文解释里:
all of
- all you can do
- alone
- alternative
- annual
- bare necessities
- barely
- between
- bikeway
- bookish
- but
- by a hair
- by the skin of your teeth
- closed meeting
- do all the talking
- dog whistle
- down
- esoteric
- everything
- exclusively
- extinct in the wild
- fair-weather
- front-wheel drive
- fully seated
- good
- half day
- hand to mouth
- hardly
- head shot
- hen party
- herbivorous
- I wish
- inside joke
- invitational
- just
- Just kidding!
- just once
- last
- linearity
- live on alone
- lonesome
- mechanistic
- merely
- microscopic
- monochromatic
- monocular
- monolingual
- monolingualism
- narrowly
- never-never land
中文:
唯
- 只有
- 只是
- 单单
- 才
- 仅
- 只
- 独
- 不仅
- 不但
- 仅仅
- 而已
- 才是
- 不只
- 就要
- 不单
- 不光
- 光是
- 非但
- 不仅仅是
- 就
- 但愿
- 天机
- 功亏一篑