涵義及解釋
連接詞 conj
1. 但是
2. (通常用not...but...)而是
3. 可是,然而
4. (表示驚訝、不同意等)喔,哇
5. (用來加強語句重複部分的語氣)一定
6. (用來引入新話題)那就
7. (常用于否定句)而不;若不
8. (用于含doubt,question等字的否定句中,相當于that)對于
介詞 prep
1. (用于nothing,nobody,who,all等詞後面)除...以外
副詞 ad
1. 隻,僅僅,才
2. 【美】【俚】(用來加強語氣)肯定地,絕對地
代詞 pron
1. (關系代詞,相當于who...not,which...not)沒有...不
名詞 n.
2 . 用"但是"來表示反對;異議[C]
習慣用語
1.not...but...“不是 ...而是...”,連接兩個并列成分。
Victory is not the end but a phase to the end.
2.but for= “要不是,如果沒有” ,相當于虛拟條件句
But for the rain ,we would have a pleasant journey.
3.but that =except that “若非,要不是”,引導虛拟條件句
He would have helped me but that he was short of money.
4.but then =on the other hand “不過,在另一方面”
5.all but “除。。。之外都,幾乎”
6.anything but “決不”
例句
His theory is all but corret.
他的理論幾乎是正确的。
She is anything but beautiful .
她根本不漂亮。