only to find

基本解释

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。
Too many people have been tempted by the promise of low rates and other amazing benefits only to find that they were temporary offers at best.
很多人一直被承诺的低利率和其他的令人吃惊的利益的诱惑，结果却发现他们只是临时性的得到这些。
Before the program began, students often grabbed whatever looked good at the buffet, only to find at the table that their eyes were bigger than their stomachs, he said.
他还提到，该项目启动前，学生们常常会取走自助餐中凡是看着不错的餐品，最后坐在桌子跟前只会发现自己眼大肚子小。

The underemployed are people no longer searching for work or only able to find part time jobs.
Originally, we thought it's information needs only; we just need to find a web page that contains the query word, but it's actually not.
起初，我们以为人们只是需要信息而已;,只需找到一个带有关键字的网页即可，但实际上并不是。
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and he started with the position that you ought to cut taxes but only where you can find offsetting cuts and government spending.
最开始，他的观点是,减税是正道,但必须先想到如何补偿这部分损失,如何削减财政支出。
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But some of these Palestinians headed for the borders, only to find there was nowhere to go.
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