单词：but
音标：[bʌt] ；
柯林斯词典等级：5 级；
牛津三千核心词汇；
prep. 除了
conj. 但是
adv. 仅仅
conj. 但是
adv. 仅仅
r and nothing more
考试类型：[中考/高考]
词性分布：
but的用法和样例：
例句
用作副词(adv.)
- Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
- He's still but a child.他仅仅是个小孩子。
- I want to say nothing but sorry.我只想说对不起。
- He can but admit that it was his fault.他只得承认这是他的错误。
常见句型
用作连词(conj.)
- The watch was cheap, but it goes quite well.这块表虽然便宜,但走得很好。
- These changes will cost a lot, but they will save us money in the long run.这些改动相当花钱,但从长远的角度看会为我们省钱。
- But that's outrageous!啊,这太可恶了!
- It'll be the event of the year—everyone, but everyone, is coming.这将是一年中的大事——每个人,对,就是每一个人,都会来。
- I'm sorry,but could you repeat that,please?对不起，请再说一遍好吗？
- But now to the main question...好，现在谈谈主要问题…
- She can do anything but sing.她除了唱歌之外,什么都会做。
- It could do everything but stop.除了停下来,什么事情都能做。
- He wanted nothing but to stay here.除了留在这里之外,他别无所求。
- We had no choice but to move.我们除了迁居别无选择。
- They are but too glad to do so.他们很高兴这样做。
- Hardly a week passes but I get another good idea.每过一个星期，我就会想到一个好主意。
- They never meet but they discuss this problem.〔They never meet without discussing this problem.〕他们每次见面都讨论这个问题。
- Never a month passes but she writes to her old parents.她没有一个月不给她年老的双亲写信。
- He never comes but he may scold us.他一来就责骂我们。
- No one is so old but he may learn.〔=No one is so old that he may not learn.〕活到老,学到老。
- She is not so old but that she can read.她并未老到不能读书。
- He is not such a fool but that he knows it.他并非笨得不知道这个。
- There is no man so learned but what he can learn something from this book.再博学的人都会从本书中学到一些东西。
- I would fail my exams but that the classmates help me with my lesson.要不是同学们帮助我学习功课,我考试就会不及格。
- We would have avoided making such a mistake,but we didn't follow his sound advice.我们本来可以不犯这样的错误，只是我们没有接受他的忠告。
- He is extremely strong—not but that he will catch cold at times.虽然他特别健壮,可是有时也会感冒。
- The purpose of the scheme is not to help the employers but to provide work for young people.这个计划的目的不是为了帮助雇主,而是为青年人提供工作机会。
- It is not water,but alcohol.这不是水，而是酒精。
- They want not your pity but your help.他们不需你的同情，而需要你的帮助。
- Not that the machine is out of order, but that I have not learned to operate it.不是机器出了故障,而是我还没学会操作。
- Not that I don't like the film,but that I have no time for it.不是因为我不喜欢这部电影，而是因为我没时间去看。
- There is no doubt (but) that he will win the election.毫无疑问地,他将在竞选中获胜。
- I have no doubt but that he'll come.我想他会来的。
- I may be only a servant,but I have my pride.虽然我是个仆人，但我是有自尊心的。
用作介词(prep.)
- We go to school every day but Sunday.我们除了星期日每天都上学。
- He has looked for it everywhere but in his own room.除了他自己的房间外,他到处都找遍了。
- The problem is anything but easy.这个问题绝不容易。
- He does everything in the house but putting the children to bed.除了安排孩子上床睡觉之外,他在家里什么事都做。
- Nobody but him could be so selfish.除了他之外,谁也不会这样自私。
- Nobody but John and Smith was in the lab yesterday.除了约翰和史密斯之外，昨天实验室里没有其他人。
- His house is the last but one in this street.他的房子就是这条街上的倒数第二家。
常用短语
用作连词(conj.)
but for- 除…之外 except forBut for John they all died.除了约翰大家都死了。
- 但是，然而，另一方面 on the other hand
- 只好，必须，一定，不能不，不得不be forced to;can only;must
用作介词(prep.)
all but- 除了…之外(都)all except
- 除…之外任何事(物)都…,根本不…，并不，决不，绝不 by no means, not at all
- 仅,只only
- 只有,只不过onlynothing but+n\u002e
I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.
除了一张百万英镑的钞票,这世上我是一无所有。
Don't scold her, she's nothing but a child.
不要责骂她,她只不过是个孩子。
nothing but to-/ v 〔to- v〕At present I can do nothing but wait.
目前,我只好等待。
They did nothing but complain.
他们只知道抱怨。
He wanted nothing but to stay there.
他什么也不想,就想呆在那儿。
We have no choice but to arrive late.
除了迟到以外,我们并无选择。
词汇搭配
- all but几乎
- anything but根本不
- cannot but不得不
- but money下大赌注于最有希望获...
- cannot choose but不得不(只好)...
- but then但另一方面
- but that不过（接在否定句之后...
- cannot help but禁不住
- can but只能
- nothing but只不过
- but and ben外室和内室
- Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.天网恢恢疏而不漏。...
- none but 只有
- not but不是 ... 而是 ...
- Near is my shirt but nearer is my skin.首先考虑自己。...
- but rather而宁可说是, 反而...
- but what而不 ...
- but now刚刚
- in the right church but in the wrong pew总的说来是对的, 但...
经典引文
Gang but the house and see who is there.
出自：Oxford English Dictionary
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