Success always seems as inevitable in retrospect as it is elusive when sought.

人们回想过去的时候，觉得成功本来是十拿九稳的，而在追求成功时，它却虚无缥缈。

Actually, it originally said in the script that Hermione slaps Draco.

本来剧本里说的是，赫敏扇了马尔福。

She could have led a glorious life.

她本来可以度过辉煌的生。

It's our measuring cup. We're just taking back what's ours.

本来就是我们的杯子 我只不过去拿回属于我们的东西。

The 13 colonies were originally British colonies.

13个殖民地本来是英国的殖民地。

But my background is actually in computer engineering.

但我的专业本来是计算机工程。

Their fate was surely sealed. But not quite.

它的命运本来是注定了，但并不尽然。

His task was to celebrate and reassure, yet give away almost nothing.

他的任务本来就是欢呼庆祝，巩固经济势头，而不能给（民众）添福利。

That underlines the peril of Europe's low rate of vaccination.

使疫苗接种率本来就很低的欧盟雪上加霜。

America's NATO allies were disappointed that promising arms reduction initiatives never materialized.

美国的北约盟友们对于本来颇有希望的武器削减计划未能落实在纸面上感到颇为失望。

I proposed to astonish her by rehearsing these two poems in appropriate costume.

我本来打算穿适合的衣服朗诵两首诗，让她大吃惊。

I accept the fact that I wasn't your first choice.

我得接受个事实，我本来不是你们首选的演讲嘉宾。

But you quickly start buying things that you didn't plan on.

然后你很快就会发现自己开始买那些本来不打算买的东西。

Y'know, it's a shame, because you and Lowell would've made a great couple.

你知道，真可惜，因为你和Lowell本来会是很配的对儿。

Hey, we all had better plans. Okay? This was nobody's first choice.

我们本来都有更好的计划的，不是大伙的最佳选择。

Stop hate and take people the way they are.

停止仇恨，接受别人本来的样子。

This is not what I was trying to do.

可不是我本来想做的事。

I was thinking Rapunzel from Tangled.But, that's not it.Okay, um.

我本来想的是" 长发公主" 里的拉庞泽尔 但那不是 那么.

He could have spent his days voicing trailers or UFC promos.

他本来的工作是给预告片或者UFC宣传片配音。

He had told him that he would have died of hunger without Fagin's kindness.

他还说，若不是自己对他仁慈，奥利弗本来是会饿死的。