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一、用作连词。意为“而,但是,可是”等,表示语义的转折。
His office is in New York, but he is often away.
他的办公室在纽约,但他经常不在。
There were a lot of people and much noise there. But all this was nothing to him.
那里(街上)人很多,嘈杂声很大。但是这一切对他来说都无所谓。
二、用作介词。意为“除……之外”,大致相当于except,多和no,nothing,nobody,all,everyone,everything,anybody,none等词连用,或置于疑问词what,who,where等之后。
There is nothing but a card in it.
(盒子)里面除了一张卡片外,什么也没有。
Nobody knew it but me.
除了我以外,没有人知道这件事。
Who but a fool would do that?
除了傻瓜谁会干那事?
I have no dictionary but this one.
我只有这一本词典。
三、用作副词。意为“仅仅”,相当于only。
He left but an hour ago.
他一小时前才离开。
She is but a child. 她不过是个小孩。
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
我唯一感到遗憾的是:我仅有一次生命献给祖国。
四、but还可置于表示歉意的话之后,提出请求或说出一些可能令对方不愉快的话。它没有实际意义,只起连接作用,可省略。
I’m very sorry, (but) I can’t come.
很抱歉,我不能来了。
Excuse me, (but) can you tell me how to get there? 勞驾,能告诉我去那儿怎么走吗?
五、与but构成的常见短语有:
1. not...but...“不是……而是……”,这是一个连词词组,当其连接两个主语时,句子的谓语单复数形式根据就近原则来定。
Not you but he is wrong.
不是你错了,而是他错了。
She is not a student, but a worker.
她不是学生,而是工人。
2. not only...but also...“不但……而且……”,也用来连接两个相同的句子成分。连接主语时,其谓语动词的单复数也根据就近原则来定。
He speaks not only English but also Japanese.
他不但讲英语,也讲日语。
Not only he but also I am late for the meeting.
不但他开会迟到了,我也迟到了。
3. can not help but do sth.表示“情不自禁做某事”,其中的help可以省略,也可说can not help doing sth。
When the foreign visitors see the Great Wall in China, they can not but think. 当外国游客看到中国的长城,禁不住浮想联翩。
His office is in New York, but he is often away.
他的办公室在纽约,但他经常不在。
There were a lot of people and much noise there. But all this was nothing to him.
那里(街上)人很多,嘈杂声很大。但是这一切对他来说都无所谓。
二、用作介词。意为“除……之外”,大致相当于except,多和no,nothing,nobody,all,everyone,everything,anybody,none等词连用,或置于疑问词what,who,where等之后。
There is nothing but a card in it.
(盒子)里面除了一张卡片外,什么也没有。
Nobody knew it but me.
除了我以外,没有人知道这件事。
Who but a fool would do that?
除了傻瓜谁会干那事?
I have no dictionary but this one.
我只有这一本词典。
三、用作副词。意为“仅仅”,相当于only。
He left but an hour ago.
他一小时前才离开。
She is but a child. 她不过是个小孩。
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
我唯一感到遗憾的是:我仅有一次生命献给祖国。
四、but还可置于表示歉意的话之后,提出请求或说出一些可能令对方不愉快的话。它没有实际意义,只起连接作用,可省略。
I’m very sorry, (but) I can’t come.
很抱歉,我不能来了。
Excuse me, (but) can you tell me how to get there? 勞驾,能告诉我去那儿怎么走吗?
五、与but构成的常见短语有:
1. not...but...“不是……而是……”,这是一个连词词组,当其连接两个主语时,句子的谓语单复数形式根据就近原则来定。
Not you but he is wrong.
不是你错了,而是他错了。
She is not a student, but a worker.
她不是学生,而是工人。
2. not only...but also...“不但……而且……”,也用来连接两个相同的句子成分。连接主语时,其谓语动词的单复数也根据就近原则来定。
He speaks not only English but also Japanese.
他不但讲英语,也讲日语。
Not only he but also I am late for the meeting.
不但他开会迟到了,我也迟到了。
3. can not help but do sth.表示“情不自禁做某事”,其中的help可以省略,也可说can not help doing sth。
When the foreign visitors see the Great Wall in China, they can not but think. 当外国游客看到中国的长城,禁不住浮想联翩。