but
[bʌt]
conj.但是
prep.除 ... 以外
adv.仅仅, 只
pron.无不
例句与用法:
But for the safety-belt I wouldn't be alive today.
若没有安全带,我就不能活到今天。
I came home sadder but wiser.
回到家后,我比以前伤感,但也更懂事了。
There is no one here but me.
除我以外,没人在这。
He's still but a child.
他仅仅是个小孩子。
Do as I tell you, no but about it.
照我说的去做,不得反对。
词形变化:
副词: busily | 形容词比较级: busier | 形容词最高级: busiest | 名词: busyness | 动词过去式: busied | 动词过去分词: busied | 动词现在分词: busying | 动词第三人称单数: busies |
conj.
1. 但是
It is hot in summer here, but it is not cold in winter.
这里夏天热, 但冬天不冷。
2. (通常用not ... but ...)而是
Our purpose is not to do it for you but to teach you to do it by yourself.
我们的目的不是替你做这事, 而是教会你自己来做。
3. 可是, 然而
She looks very young, but she is already in her 30's.
她看上去很年轻, 可是她已三十多岁了。
4. (表示惊讶、不同意等)喔, 哇
Heavens, but it snows.
天哪, 真的下雪了。
5. (用来加强语句重复部分的语气)一定
We will be here on time. But on time.
我们将准时到达这里, 一定准时。
6. (用来引入新话题)那就
But now to the last question.
现在就来谈最后一个问题吧。
7. (常用于否定句)而不; 若不
But that I saw it, I wouldn't have believed it.
若不是亲眼目睹, 我还不会相信呢。
It's not so high but we can jump it.
它并非高到我们跳不过去的地步。
8. (用于含doubt, question等字的否定句中, 相当于that)对于
There is no doubt but he won.
对于他获胜这一点没有疑问。
prep.
(用于nothing, nobody, who, all等词后面)除……以外
No one saw it but me.
除了我没有人看到。
Dick seldom talks of anything but music.
迪克很少谈及音乐以外的事情。
ad.
1. 只, 仅仅, 才
It took her but a few days to learn it.
只不过几天时间她就学会了。
2. 【美】【俚】(用来加强语气)肯定地, 绝对地
Go there but fast!
赶快到那儿去!
pron.
(关系代词,相当于who ... not, which ... not)没有……不
Not a man but felt it.
没有人不感觉到它。
n.
用“但是”来表示反对;异议[C]
Not so many buts, please.
请别老是反对个没完。
短语词组:
but for
1. 要不是
But for your help, we would have lost the game.
要不是你们的帮助, 我们会输掉这场比赛的。
but
名词复数:buts
词形变化:
副词: busily | 形容词比较级: busier | 形容词最高级: busiest | 名词: busyness | 动词过去式: busied | 动词过去分词: busied | 动词现在分词: busying | 动词第三人称单数: busies |
同义词:
engaged | active | eventful | diligent | full | demanding | hard | tiring | unavailable | on the go | hard-working | hard at it | working | fussy | occupy | occupied | abstracted | work | hum | employ | hectic | adorned | the | on | on the job | job | industrious | assiduous | sedulous | in use | busybodied | meddling | officious | meddlesome | interfering |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
conj.但是
nevertheless
yet
except
save
notwithstanding
however
unless
if not
except that
prep.除了
except
excepting
save
bar
barring
ad.只, 仅
only
just
singly
solely
merely
simply
同义参见:
then
but1[强 bʌt; 弱 bət; bʌt]prep.1.■[常用于 nobody,no one,all, who 等词后面]除…以外,除…外,除了;Nobody came but me.除我以外,没有人来。[注意:2.■除…之外[与作宾语的不定式连用]:We cannot choose but(to)stay.我们只得留下来。3.■[苏格兰英语]若无,倘无:Dont't go out but a pair of gloves.不戴手套别出门。conj.1.■但是,可是;而(是);然而:He is a villain,but he has some virture.他是个坏蛋,但他还有一些优点。2.■正相反,恰恰相反,而:I am old,but you are young.我老了,而你年轻。3.■[相当于 if…not]若不,除非:It never rains but it pours.[谚语]不雨则已,一雨倾盆(指事情不发生则已,一旦发生便接踵而来)。4.■[有时作 but that,用于 doubt,deny,question等动词的否定式或疑问形式之后,无实义,相当于 that]:I don't doubt but she will win the race.我敢断定她会在赛跑中获胜。5.■[用于否定结构之后,表示否定意义,相当于(that…not)]而不:I never think of snow but I think of my youth.一想到下雪,我就会想起我的青年时代。6.■[用于 think, say, conceive 等动词的否定或疑问形式后,相当于(that)…not]:I can't say but (that) he may be wrong.我不能说他可能不错。7.■没有不…的(= who 或 which not):No leader in this country ever existed but he was a revolutionary.在这个国家没有一个领导人不是革命者的。8.■除去:They are all gone out but she.除了她,他们都出去了。9.■只有,只能:There is no hope but by breaking out of prison.只有越狱,别无希望。10.■[表示可能性,相当于 that]:Ten to one but our team will win.十之八九我们队会赢。11.■[引入新话题]:But now to our next plan.现在谈下一个计划。12.■[用于客套语后,使语气婉转]:Beg pardon, but have you seen my ball-pen?请问,你看见我的圆珠笔吗?13.■[用于感叹词后(有时感叹词被省略),以加强语气,相当于 indeed]:But she's beautiful!她多漂亮呀!14.■[用来加强语句重复部分的语气]:I must always learn, but always.我必须经常学习,要经常学。15.■[非规范用语][用于 no sooner 后,相当于 than]:The snow had no sooner started but it stopped.雪刚开始下就停了。16.■[古语][用于 not long, scarcely 后,相当于 before, when]:Scarcely had I stepped out of the house but I heard a shot within.我刚走出屋子就听到里面一声枪响。adv.1.■只,仅仅,才,2.■不过,只不过3.■只是,刚才,方才4.■另一方面;还,尚,仍然[用来引导一个句子]5.■[美国俚语]肯定地,明确地,绝对地,一定[用于加强语气]6.■[澳大利亚英语]不过,可是(=though, however)pron.1.■[关系代词,意义相当于 who…not; which…not]n.1.■但是,反对,限制(用于表示反对,= buts)vt.1.■对…说“但是”all but见 allanything but除…外什么都…;一点也不,绝不but and[古苏格兰英语]另外,而且也but and if但是如果,倘若but few只有几个,不多几个but for除…外,若无,倘没有,如果没有;要不是;如果不是因为but good[美国口语]彻底地,完全;狠狠地;有力地;毫无疑问but just仅;只得,唯此而已But me no buts.[幽默语]别老对我说“但是,但是”了。不要尽提反对意见。but now刚刚,适才,现在,目前,即刻,此刻but one (或 two, 或 three, etc.)第二(或第三,第四等)but only[加强语气]但是but that…是[相当于“that”,系连接宾语从句用的虚词]要不是,若非,如果没有[口语亦作 but what]but then (again)但是(另一方面);不过(同时);然而;此外but too很遗憾地but what[口语][相当于连接词中的 but 或 but that,但不如 but 或 but that 普通][用于某些否定词之后,无词汇意义,相当于 that,引导从句]而没有,而不[用于某些否定词之后,相当于 that not]是否(可能)(表示不肯定)can but见 can¹cannot but见 can¹cannot choose but见 choosenot but that (或 what)见 not¹not only…but (also)见 onlythe first but one (two, three)第二(三,四)the last but one (two, three)倒数第二(三,四)(the) next but one (two, three)接着第二(三,四) but2[bʌt]1.■[苏格兰英语]n.1.■(只有两间一套房子的)外室,外屋,前室;(尤指)外屋厨房adj.1.■外部的,外面的;外屋的adv.1.■在外面;在外屋but and ben[苏格兰英语]有内外两室的房屋;两间一套的住所,整座房屋,整个房子,全屋里外,整个住处;里里外外在对屋;隔着走廊;在楼道的两边;在房子的两头进进出出,出出进进忽前忽后,来来回回but and ben with[苏格兰英语]与…对门而居;与…相对,与…一前一后与…亲昵;与…交情深厚
butbut[bət, bʌt]prep.1.■除...以外conj.1.■而是, 但是adv.1.■几乎, 仅仅 butbut[bʌt; bət]conj.1.■可是, 但是We love peace but peace cannot be got by begging, we have to fight for it.我们热爱和平, 但我们不应该乞求和平, 而应当去争取和平。2.■而是, 倒是; 而且...还It is not his, but hers.这不是他的而是她的。Not that I dislike her, but that I have no time.并不是我不喜欢她, 而是我没有工夫。He wrote not only to the secretary but also to the factory director.他不仅写信给秘书而且还写信给厂长。3.■除非; 要么就...; 如果不Nothing would content her but I must come.除非我去, 才能使她满意。It never rains but it pours.[谚]要么不下雨, 要么就下大雨(不下则已, 一下 倾盆; 一倒霉就步步倒霉)。She would have fallen but that I caught her.如果不是我抓住她, 她就会跌倒了。4.■[接于否定词或者疑问词后起否定作用]=that notThe children never played but a quarrel followed.小孩们(不玩则已)每玩必争吵。Who knows but it may be so?谁能说事情不会是这样呢?5.■[用于否定词加doubt, deny, question等词之后]=thatThere is no question but he will succeed.他会成功, 这是没有问题的。6.■[表示可能性]=thatIt is odds [ten to one] but you lose.你十之八九要输。7.■[用于加强语气]Good Heavens, but she's beautiful.天哪, 她多漂亮呀!Heavens, but it rains!啊呀, 下大雨了。
词性变化butpron.1.■[关系代词, 意义相当于 who not , that not]There is no one of us but wishes to go.我们人人都想去。butprep.1.■除; 除却...之外last but one倒数第二I work every day but Sunday.除星期天外, 我每天都工作。I knew them all but one.除了一个我不认识之外, 其余的人我都认识。Everyone has known it but you.除了你以外大家都知道这件事。No one can do it but him.只有他能做这件事。butadv.1.■不过, 只有; 仅She is but a child.她不过是个孩子而已。2.■[与can或could连用]至少You can but try.你至少可以试试。butn.1.■(讲话时说的)"但是", "不过"2.■保留; 反对; 例外There are no buts about it.没有理由不这样做。Do as I tell you, no but about it.照我的话去做, 不得违抗。butvt.1.■[古]说或用"but"; 推辞... butbut[bʌt]adv.1.■[苏]向外, 向外室, 向厨房
词性变化butn.1.■(苏格兰有两个房间的房子的)外室(内室叫 ben)
conjunction
- used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned
[用于引入与前述形成对比的情况]
■nevertheless; however
然而,不过
he stumbled but didn't fall.
他绊了一下,但没有摔倒。
this is one principle, but it is not the only one.
这是一个原则,但不是惟一的。
the food is cheap but delicious.
这食物虽便宜却好吃。
but I digress.
但我离题了。
■on the contrary; in contrast
相反
the problem is not that they are cutting down trees, but that they are doing it in a predatory way.
问题不在于他们砍树,而在于掠夺性地砍。 - [with negativeor inquestions]used to indicate the impossibility of anything other than what is being stated
[用于表示没有别的可能]
one cannot but sympathize.
人们惟有同情。
there was nothing they could do but swallow their pride.
除了忍气吞声他们别无他法。
what could he do but forgive her?.
除了宽恕她之外他还能做什么呢?。 - used to introduce a response expressing a feeling such as surprise or anger
[用于引入惊讶或愤怒的反应]
but that's an incredible saving!.
但那是不可思议的节省!。
but why?.
那又为什么?。 - used after an expression of apology for what one is about to say
[用于表歉意后引入要说的话]
I'm sorry, but I can't pay you.
抱歉,我无法付你钱。 - [with negative](archaic)without it being the case that
(古)若不
it never rains but it pours.
不下则已,一下倾盆。
- except; apart from; other than
除了
we were never anything but poor.
我们一直就是穷而已。
used in all but the most remote areas.
用于边远地区以外所有地区。
the last but one.
倒数第二。
■used with repetition of certain words to give emphasis
[用于重复某词语以示强调]
nobody, but nobody, was going to stop her.
没有人,真是没有人去阻止她。
- no more than; only
仅仅
he is but a shadow of his former self.
他瘦得不成人形了。
choose from a colourful array of mango, starfruit, and raspberries, to name but a few.
从一堆五颜六色的水果中选择,有芒果、星果和覆盆子,这里仅举几个例子。 - (Austral./NZ & Scottish informal)(used at the end of a sentence) though, however
(澳/新西兰,苏格兰,非正式)但是,然而
he was a nice bloke but.
不过,他仍是个好人。
- an argument against something; an objection
拒绝之理由;反对
no buts —just get out of here.
别找借口——你给我出去。
as with all these proposals, ifs and buts abound.
在这些建议中,“如果”、“但是”等词甚多。
all but
- 见 all
- 见 anything
- except for
除…以外
I walked along Broadway, deserted but for the occasional cab.
我沿着百老汇走,街上除了偶尔经过的出租车几乎空无一人。
■if it were not for
要不是
the game could be over but for you.
要不是你,游戏可能已结束了。
- (archaic)other than that; except that
(古)若非
who knows but that the pictures painted on air are eternal.
谁能说空中描绘的东西不能是永恒的呢?。
- on the other hand; that being
但另一方面;不过
it's a very hard match, but then they all are.
这是一场硬仗,不过所有比赛都如此。
- Old English be-ūtan, būtan, būta. 'outside, without, except' (see by, out)
- For advice about using but and other conjunctions to begin a sentence , see usage at and
but2
noun
- (Scottish)an outer room, especially in a two-roomed cottage
(苏格兰)(尤指仅有两个房间的房舍的)外间
but and ben
- a two-roomed cottage; a humble home
两房村舍;陋室
- early 18th cent.: from butin the early sense 'outside', specifically 'into the outer part of a house'
but
■None but fools and knaves lay wagers.
[谚]只有傻瓜和骗子才同别人打赌。
■It poured all morning, but turned fine later.
下了一上午的瓢泼大雨,後来才转晴。
■Not only you but (also) I am to blame.
不仅你,连我都要受责难。
■Not father but mother was present at the ceremony.
不是父亲而是母亲出席此一仪式。
■But I think our offer is reasonable and realistic.
不过我认为我们的报价是现实的、合理的。
■That is not, properly speaking, a dictionary, but a grammar.
严格说来; 那不是一本词典,而是一本语法书。
■Joe tried to pull the heavy cart, but to no avail.
乔想拉那部笨重的大车,但是拉不动。
■The plane is the fast but the hovercraft is more comfortable.
乘飞机最快,但是乘气垫船更舒服。
■Perhaps I am wrong, but I think she is near forty.
也许我错了,但是我想她快四十岁了。
■He did nothing but piddle away the time.
他不做事,只是混日子。
■He's not an officer, but a common soldier.
他不是军官而是普通士兵。
■He came off the bike but nothing serious happened.
他从自行车上摔下来,但没有出什么事。
■He thought he can fool me but I get wise to him.
他以为他能骗得了我,其实我知道他是怎么回事。
■They not only talked but also shouted and laughed.
他们不只谈话,而且喊叫大笑。
■So they alleged, but have they any proof?
他们是这样宣称的,但他们有证据吗?
■They won the battle but lost the war.
他们赢了这次战斗,但输了这场战争。
■He tried to buy into the club but was not accepted.
他企图花钱而成为俱乐部的会员,但未被接受。
■He was very angry, but he has quieted down now.
他刚才很生气,但现在已经平静下来了。
■He is rather slow but very thorough.
他动作虽慢但非常细心。
■He is full of vigor, but fails in carefulness.
他劲头很足,但不够仔细。
■He goes to school not by bus, but on foot.
他去上学不是乘公共汽车,而是走路去的。
■He could do nothing but stand and wonder.
他只得惊奇地站著不动。
■He was but recently in our midst.
他只是最近才到我们中间。
■"Xiao Liu!" He cried. But she was gone.
他叫道:"小刘!"但她已经不在了。
■He looked around but could see nobody.
他四处望了一下,看不到什么人。
■He because of bashful but low head.
他因羞愧而低下了头。
■He was arrested for bribery, but he gave leg bail.
他因贿赂而被捕,但他又逃走了。
■He is slow to learn, but shows great perseverance.
他学得慢,但是他表现出不屈不挠的毅力。
■He has much learning, but he hides it in a napkin.
他学识渊博,可是并没有把它发挥出来。
■He would never accustom himself to drinking nothing but cocacola.
他将永远无法过那种只喝可口可乐的日子。
■He has mixed with crowd together but has not found.
他已同人群混杂在一起而找不到了。
■He has great talent, but he has lost his faith.
他很有天赋,但是他已经丧失了信心。
■He has nothing but money on his mind.
他思想上除了钱外没有别的。
■He snatched at the ball but did not catch it.
他想抓那个球但没抓住。
■He became manager but was put down from the office fur peculation.
他成了一位经理,但由于盗用公款而被降职了。
■He is a man gentle in manner but firm in action.
他是一个举止文雅但行动坚决的人。
■He is a clever boy but apt to get into mischief.
他是个聪明却很调皮的孩子。
■He cheated me but I'll get even with him one day!
他欺骗了我,总有一天我要跟他算帐。
■He never goes out but he drops in at that bookstore.
他每次外出都会顺道去那家书店待一会儿。
■He never goes on a vacation but he takes his pet dog.
他每次度假都会带他的狗去。
■He climbed up the ladder, but soon got down.
他爬上了梯子,但不久就下来了。
■His writing is nothing but a scribble.
他的书写简直太潦草了。
■His visit to Paris was anything but a success.
他的巴黎之行根本不成功。
■His house is the last but one in this street.
他的房子是这条街的倒数第二座。
■His long speech was nothing but gas and hot air.
他的长篇大论只是吹牛和空话。
■He looks so familiar but I can't remember his name.
他看上去非常面熟,但我想不起他的名字来了。
■The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man.
他离婚是吃一堑长一智。
■He's new in the office but he'll soon shake down.
他虽然刚来这个办公室,但很快就会适应的。
■He observes keenly, but says little.
他观察敏锐,但是很少说话。
■He tried to see over the fence but it was too high.
他试图从栅栏上面看过去,但它太高了。
but for
1. 要不是
But for your help, we would have lost the game.
要不是你们的帮助, 我们会输掉这场比赛的。
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