not a

It's not a coincidence that none of the directors are women.

没有一位董事是女性，这并非偶然。

This is not a fit place for you to live.

这个地方不适合你居住。

I'm not a very domestic sort of person.

我不是那种很喜欢待在家里的人。

Profit is not a dirty word around here.

在这里，赢利不是一个犯忌的字眼。

In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person.

一般而言，她是个不爱紧张的人。

It is sobering to realize that this is not a new problem.

意识到这并不是新问题，就会使人冷静下来。

As you're aware, this is not a new problem.

正如你所了解的，这不是一个新问题。

This is not a problem we should take lightly.

这个问题我们可不能掉以轻心。

‘Bum ’ is not a word we use in polite company.

“屁股”可不是我们当着文雅人的面说的字眼。

Cholesterol level is not a strong predictor of heart disease in women.

胆固醇含量不能有效地预示妇女心脏病。

She's not a political animal.

她不是搞政治的那种人。

He was not a prepossessing sight.

他长相不怎么样。

I'm not a geriatric yet, you know!

要知道我还没有老朽！

2003 was not a vintage year for the movies.

2003年对电影业来说不是全盛之年。

a lay preacher (= who is not a priest, etc. but who has been trained to give religious talks)

传道员

Remember ─ not a word to Peter about any of this.

记住，对彼得可要只字不提这件事的任何情况。

You're a suspect, not a detective, and don't you forget it.

你是嫌疑犯，不是侦探，给我记住了。

It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.

从传统意义上来说，这并不是一个旅馆，而是变成了旅馆的整个村庄。

There was not a hint of badness in him.

他道德十分高尚。

There was not a solitary shred of evidence (= none at all) .

一丁点证据都没有。

It's not a pleasant feeling to discover you've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted.

发现被你信任的人骗了，心里很不是滋味。

Education should be a universal right and not a privilege.

教育应当是全民的权利而非某部分人特别享有的。

a group of words that is not a sentence but adds information to the main part of a sentence, for example when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang.

从句；从属分句

The movie was not a commercial success.

这部电影票房收入不佳。

It is not a wildly funny play.

这并不是一出太滑稽的戏剧。

I'm not a political animal (= person who is interested in politics) .

我不是搞政治的那种人。

The drug is not a new discovery ─ it's been known about for years.

这种药并不是什么新发现——多年前便为人所知。

'Bum' is not a word we use in polite company.

“屁股”可不是我们当着文雅人的面说的字眼。

It's not a word in common usage .

这不是一个常用词。

I'm not a political animal.

我不是搞政治的那种人。