但愿的英文：
if only (it were possible to...)

参考例句：

Let no young people be misled and rush fatally into romance-writing.
但愿青年人不要盲从，一厢情愿地去写浪漫小说。

I hope he doesn't cut up rough when I tell him what I've done.
我把我做的事情告诉他,但愿他别发火.

I wish that the prices can descend.
但愿物价会下降。

May it soon terminate happily!
但愿你早日化险为夷。

I wish the sun would come out.
但愿会出太阳。

I wish I were at home.
但愿我能在家。

Oh! To be young again.
但愿我能返老还童！

Oh that peace reigned all over the world.
但愿世界太平！

I wish I were really wealthy.
但愿我真的富有。

I hope I'll get a Big pay raise.
但愿薪水大大提高一下

were是什么意思：
v. be (are) 的过去式；be 的虚拟语气形式

You were at the scene!
你当时就在现场！

Were you a bunny?
你曾经做过兔女郎？

Q. But they were okay to let you do that, they were fine with that, they were cool?
可是他们允许这样的变动,他们觉得没问题?

The dishes were many, but they were all poorly cooked.
菜很多，但烧得都不好吃。

possible是什么意思：
adj. 可能的；潜在的；合适的；合理的
n. 可能适合的（人或事）

The possibilities are many.
有许多可能。

But that's not possible！
但那是不可能的！

Even if advised of the possibility of such damages or if such possibility was reasonably foreseeable.
即使被告知该损害的可能性或可合理预见该可能性。

They exclude the possibility of murder.
他们排除了谋杀的可能性。

outside chance; remote possibility.
不大可能的机会；极小的可能性。