For one thing, they simplify the design of a rocket engine.

You get a low mark, for one thing, because you did not do your homework.

你得到低分, 原因之一是因为你不做作业.

This story is unsuitable. For one thing it's too long, for another it's too dull.

这篇故事不合适, 一则太长, 二则太乏味.

For one thing the personality of his patient made It'singular.

首先,患者这个人与众不同.

Astronomy served many purposes. For one thing, it was needed to keep a calendar.

天文学有许多用处, 其一是要用它来算出历书.

But for one thing, McTeague would have been perfectly contented.

只要再有一样东西, 麦克梯格就会完全称心了.

Many people want to buy it because, for one thing , the price is low.

许多人想买它,原因之一就是价格便宜.

For one thing, I've no money; and for another I'm too busy.

一来我没钱, 二来我太忙.

'I could have stood it if it hadn't been for one thing,'he said.

“ 要不是为了一件事,我还忍得下去, ” 他说.

I went partly for business and partly for pleasure.

我去一部分是为了生意,一部分也是为了玩.

Pen's appetite for pleasure was insatiable, and he rushed at it wherever it presented itself.

潘的寻欢作乐是漫无止境的, 哪里有机会就往哪里跑.

I read for pleasure.

我读书消遣。

It was not for pleasure that we did it.

我们做那事并非为了消遣.

You have filled them with a madness for pleasure.

你使他们拼命寻欢作乐.

He read a great deal-but at random for pleasure.

他读了很多书 -- 都是随心所欲,读着玩的闲书.

to read for pleasure

读书以自娱

You must not sacrifice studies for pleasure.

你不能为享乐而牺牲学业.

I go sailing for pleasure.

我驾驶帆船是为了取乐.

Has he gone to Paris on business or for pleasure?

他到巴黎是办公事还是游玩去了?

I read the book solely for pleasure.

我读这书完全是为了消遣.

Some people garden for pleasure.

有些人种植花木是为了娱乐.