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only to do something
idiom
used to show that something is surprising or unexpected: 不料却，没想到却
He spent months negotiating for a pay increase, only to resign from his job soon after he'd received it.他花了很长时间协商要求提高工资，不料工资刚涨不久却辞了职。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not expected or planned
abrupt end
abrupt halt
abruptly
abruptness
ad hoc
inadvertence
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inconceivable
sine die
spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
spontaneously
unsuspected
untimely
untoward
unwilled
unwitting
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