地球只不過是懸浮在太空中的一個球體。

The earth is just a sphere suspended in space.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 地球 dìqiú the earth
=1 地球 Dìqiú
  1. (astronomy) the Earth
  2. the Earth
2 只不過 zhǐbuguò
  1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than
  2. it's just that ...
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 懸浮 xuánfú
  1. to float (in the air etc)
  2. suspension
5 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
6 太空 tàikōng outer space
7 中的 zhòngdì
  1. to hit the target
  2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
=8 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=8 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
9 球體 qiútǐ spheroid