only for

enti

6 u' n: @. e- ?# g& \India’s Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law criminalising homosexual acts. Section 377, which classified gay sex an “unnatural offence” alongside paedophilia, sodomy and bestiality, was enacted in 1860. A court repealed it in 2009, only for the Supreme Court to overturn that decision in 2013. But now, “Criminalising carnal intercourse is irrational [and] manifestly unconstitutional,” said one presiding judge.
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我知道这句话是说 2009年一个法庭推翻了 337 法案， 但是到了2013年最高院又恢复了这个同性恋禁令。 但是具体 “only for”是什么意思呢？

经典与古典

wiki这样解释：Introduces an unexpected situation that renders the aforementioned effort inadequate or irrelevant.

trivialstuff

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You can use only before an infinitive to introduce an event which happens immediately after one you have just mentioned, and which is rather surprising or unfortunate. （用于不定式前）不料，结果却
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9 U: W, n. M) j8 X5 q$ L: U结果却被最高法院撤销了那项决定。这里在only to do sth中插了个for sb。
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tomcruiz

是否可以译为 “只是”

流星冲击

字面意思可以译为“仅为”。

enti

我看到 “only for” 的时候下意识就把它等同于 “only if” ，“only when”，但是这里应该是分开的两个词吧? only 作 “反而” 讲，这样勉强能理解一下。可是 for 应该不是当原因，然后是什么我也想不出来了。

enti

啊，这样就能解释了。实在是太感谢了！