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but做介词时,意思是“除... 以外”,后面可以加名词/代词等名词性成分,也可以加介宾/不定式/从句等。其前面经常是不定代词或构成其他固定搭配。
如:There's nothing but a book on the desk. I have no choice but to wait. I can do nothing but wait. I can't (help) but wait for his help.
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“but”一词是中学英语中的一个重要词汇,为了帮助同学们更好地复习,现将其常见用法归纳如下: 1. 作连词,可以连接两个并列成分或两个并列分句,意为“但是,然而”。如: He is young but very experienced. 他虽然年轻,但很有经验。 Mary likes classical music, but her husband likes rock music. 玛丽喜欢古典音乐,而她的丈夫却喜欢摇滚乐。 注意:but不能与though/although连用。 2. 作介词,常与nothing, nobody, who, all等连用,意为“除……之外”。如: We had nothing to do but wait. 除了等待之外,我们一筹莫展。 No one but me saw him. 除了我之外,没人看到他。 3. 作副词,意思接近于only,意为“只不过”。如: She is but a young girl. 她只不过是一个小女孩儿。 4. 需掌握的一些其他用法: 1)用于表示歉意的话语后,引起一个分句,but本身无意义。如: I’m sorry, but I think you are wrong when you say she did it willingly. 抱歉,你说她情愿做那件事,我觉得你搞错了。 Excuse me, but are you Mr. Smith? 对不起,您是史密斯先生吗? 2) 用在否定句后,引起一个分句,but意为“每当……总是……”。如: It never rains but it pours. 不下则已,一下倾盆;事情总是接踵而至。 I never go past my old school but I think of Mr. Li. 每当我经过母校时,总会想起李老师。 3) but for(后常接名词、代词)或but that...意为“要不是……”,句子(主句)常用虚拟语气。 如: But for you, we couldn’t have carried out the plan. 要不是你,我们不可能完成那项计划。 John would have helped us but that he was short of money at that time. 要不是约翰当时缺钱,他一定会帮助我们的。 4) not that...but (that)...不是……而是…… Not that I don’t want to go, but that I have no time. 不是我不想去,而是我没时间。 5) all but 除了……都,几乎,差不多 His letter is all but finished. 他的信快写完了。 6) anything but 绝不,远非 He is anything but an honest man. 他绝不是个诚实的人。 除以上谈到的外,我们常见的but的惯用法还有:can not help but do 不能不,只能;not only...but also...不但……而且……,等等。
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but有但是等意思,那么你知道but的用法吗?下面跟着我一起来学习一下,希望对大家的学习有所帮助!
but的用法大全:
but的用法1: but的基本意思相当于in spite of this或表示与所预料的不一样,意为“但是,然而,尽管如此”,不与though,although连用。
but的用法2: but可用来表达诸如愤怒、吃惊等强烈的感情,用来加强语气,也可用在表示歉意的句子里,常不译出,还可用于改变话题,意为“无论如何”“反正”“好”。
but的用法3: 如果but接动词不定式,当前面有do或cannot时,不定式不带to; 当前面有anything, everything, nothing等词时,不定式常不带to,但也有例外; 其余情况带to。
but的用法4: 与but连用的too...to do结构不具有否定意义。
but的用法5: 如果主句含有hardly,never,never so,not so,not such等词,可用but,but that或but what引导表示结果的状语从句,构成双重否定,相当于that...not或unless,译作“没有…不”“若…,就一定”。
but的用法6: 如果but that引出的分句描述的是真实情况,而主句描述的是非真实的情况,则主句多用虚拟语气,此时译作“假如没有…”“要不是”
but的用法7: not but that...是it is not but that的省略法, but无否定意义,译作“虽然…可是…”。
but的用法8: 在not...but...结构里,可以不借助do(does)来否定动词,而否定其他成分,译作“不是…而是”。
but的用法9: not that...but that...相当于not because...but because...,译作“不是…而是…”。
but的用法10: 否定词+doubt(或deny, question等)+but that中的but that相当于that, but无否定意义,常可省略。
but的用法例句:
1. A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.
奇迹就是看似不可能,却发生了。
2. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
我们活着是为了什么?不就是给邻居当笑柄,再反过来笑他们。
3. English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love.
英语伤我千百遍,我待英语如初恋。
4. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
最幸福的人们并不一定什么都是最好,只是他们懂得欣赏生活的美好。
5. Surfing the Internet is fun, but it's also a time waster.
上网很有意思,但也很浪费时间。
6. But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。
7. He waited until all the luggage was cleared, but Paula's never appeared.
他一直等到所有的行李都拿走了,但始终没看见葆拉的。
8. Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?
好吧,关于生产商就讲这么多,那关于消费者呢?
9. It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.
虽然这是一场艰苦的斗争,但我相信我们会取得胜利。
10. A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.
有几个是愚笨的寄生虫,但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
11. Before the race, he is fine. But afterwards he is worn out.
赛前他状态很好,赛后就筋疲力尽了。
12. The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.
鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少,但也只是渐少而已。
13. We don't live in the lap of luxury, but we're comfortable.
我们的生活虽然并非锦衣玉食,也算是衣食无忧。
14. He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man.
他是个苛刻的批评家,但却是个非常善良的人。
15. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。