but
美 [b?t]
英 [b?t] 
- conj.而;然而;只有;盡管如此
- prep.除了;除…之外
- adv.只有;僅僅
- n.借口;托辭
- v.對(某人)講“但是”(以示反對,拒絕等)
詞形變化
復數:buts 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 而;相反used to introduce a word or phrase that contrasts with what was said before |
| I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one. 我弄錯了。不是紅的那個,是藍的那個。 |
| His mother won't be there, but his father might. 他母親不會去那里,但他父親也許會去。 |
| It isn't that he lied exactly, but he did tend to exaggerate. 他不見得是真的說謊,但他的確是有意夸大。 |
2. | 然而;盡管如此however; despite this |
| I'd asked everybody but only two people came. 每個人我都請了,卻只來了兩個人。 |
| By the end of the day we were tired but happy. 一天結束時,我們很累,但很高興。 |
3. | (表示歉意時說)used when you are saying sorry about sth |
| I'm sorry but I can't stay any longer. 很抱歉,我不能再待下去了。 |
4. | (引出下文,表示吃驚、生氣或不同意)used to introduce a statement that shows that you are surprised or annoyed, or that you disagree |
| But that's not possible! 但那是不可能的! |
| ‘Here's the money I owe you.’ ‘But that's not right─it was only £10.’ “這是我欠你的錢。”“但這不對呀,我只借了 10 英鎊給你。” |
| I had no choice but to sign the contract. 我別無選擇,只好簽了合同。 |
6. | (重復字詞前用,加強語氣)used before repeating a word in order to emphasize it |
| Nothing, but nothing would make him change his mind. 沒有什么,絕對沒有什么會使他改變主意。 |
7. | (強調一貫真實)used to emphasize that sth is always true |
| She never passed her old home but she thought of the happy years she had spent there(= she always thought of them) . 她每次經過自己的舊居,都會想起在那里度過的幸福歲月。 |
1. | 除了;除…之外except; apart from |
| We've had nothing but trouble with this car. 我們這輛車凈出毛病。 |
| The problem is anything but easy. 這個問題一點也不簡單。 |
| Who but Rosa could think of something like that? 除了羅莎,誰會想得到那種事? |
| Everyone was there but him. 除他之外,大家都在。 |
| I came last but one in the race(= I wasn't last but next to last) . 我賽跑得了倒數第二名。 |
| Take the first turning but one(= not the first one but the one after it) . 在第二個拐彎處轉彎。 |
| I don't think we'll manage it. Still, we can but try. 我想我們應付不了這事。但不妨試試。 |
| There were a lot of famous people there: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, to name but two. 那里有很多名人:只提兩個名字吧,有湯姆 ) 漢克斯和朱莉婭 ) 羅伯茨。 |
1. | [usupl] 借口;托辭a reason that sb gives for not doing sth or not agreeing |
| ‘Let us have no buts,’ he said firmly. ‘You are coming.’ “別找借口了。”他堅定地說,“你得來。” |
| With so many ifs and buts , it is easier to wait and see. 有這么多托辭,還是靜觀其變吧。 |
習慣用語
but for
倘若沒有;若非;要不是if it were not for
| He would have played but for a knee injury. 他要不是膝部有傷的話,就上場了。 |
| The square was empty but for a couple of cabs. 除了幾輛出租汽車外,廣場上空空如也。 |
but then (again)
然而;另一方面however; on the other hand
| He might agree. But then again he might have a completely different opinion. 他可能同意,但也可能會意見完全相反。 |
(引出解釋或原因)used before a statement that explains or gives a reason for what has just been said
| She speaks very good Italian. But then she did live in Rome for a year(= so it's not surprising) . 她的意大利語講得很流利。不過她畢竟在羅馬生活過一年。 |
you cannot/could not but…
只有;除…之外別無可能used to show that everything else is impossible except the thing that you are saying
| What could he do but forgive her?(= that was the only thing possible) 他不原諒她又能怎么辦? |
英漢解釋
adv. | |
n. | |
conj. | 6. (雖...)仍,(盡管...)還是,還沒有到...的地步 8. (不...則已,一...)就會...,總會... 9. 用于否定詞或疑問詞之后,表示否定,相當于 that not 10. 用于 deny, doubt, question 等詞的否定語氣之后,無實義.僅僅相當于 that 11. 用于 odds, ten to one, a thousand to one 等述語之后,表示可能性,無實義,僅僅相當于 that |
prep. | |
v. | |
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英英解釋
例句
I'd like to say that this is the best of all timer classes, but that would be misleading.
我愿意說這是所有定時器類中最好的一個,但這會引起誤導。
"Hai Bao" in the name easy to sing, but also, and his body color echoes, in line with the principles of Chinese folk auspicious title.
“海寶”的名字朗朗上口,也和他身體的色彩呼應,符合中國民俗的吉祥稱謂原則。
and yet we escaped with nothing but a few scrapes.
我們卻生還了,雖然身上有幾處擦傷
There's a study some of you think you know about, but very few people have ever read the story.
有一項研究,你們其中一些人可能以為自己知道,但極少數人讀過這個故事。
It's very badly swollen. It's probably just bruise, but it could be broken. So I'm going to ask you to the hospital for an X-Ray.
這兒腫的厲害,可能只是擦傷,也可能骨折了,所以我打算讓你去醫院照個X光片。
It might sound very obvious, but how much you enjoy your trip will depend on your choice of travelling companion.
雖然這有點老生常談,但你在旅游中享受樂趣的程度將取決于你所選擇的旅伴。
In his journey there was no appearance of flight, but he was fleeing, and four days afterward he was on the Zenith train.
一路上并沒有趕忙的表現,但是他歸心似箭,四天之后,他已坐在去澤尼斯的火車上。
Rescuers said the injured were taken to a nearby part of the hospital, but fortunately the injury is not serious, not life threatening.
救援人員稱,部分傷者被送往附近醫院治療,好在傷勢都不太嚴重,沒有生命危險。
He said the company had more than 100 employees, but he declined to comment further.
他說這家公司有100多名員工,但拒絕透露更多信息。
But he said being comfortable and predictable by recording the same kind of music is not the place for rock music.
但他又說,如果用心安理得的、可預期的方式錄制同一類型的歌曲,這不是搖滾樂。
The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of theory but is a practical question.
人的思維是否具有客觀的真理性,這不是一個理論的問題,而是一個實踐的問題。
He did not want, he would not, he was unwilling, but he said not.
他不想,他不愿意,他不情愿,可是他說了不算。
She worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage that she was earning could only be stretched so far.
她在醫院里上夜班,賺來的那點可憐的工資也不僅能養家糊口而已。
But she must make sure that this will not harm her by consulting a specialized physician.
但她咨詢專業醫師確定這不會對她造成傷害。
He had been a tea merchant for a little longer, but he had soon tired of that.
他賣過一段時間茶葉,可是他對此很快就感到厭倦了。
But there's never been a particularly easy method for sharing those databases and doing something really useful with them.
但是卻沒有一個真正特別簡單的辦法讓他們來分享這些數據庫,以及對這數據庫有一些真正的運用。
If he looked down from space today he might no longer see just the lights of our cities but the many lights of fishing boats.
如果現在他從太空往下看,看到的也許不再只是我們城市的萬家燈火。還會看到漁船的點點燈光。
A game on the face of it doesn't seem to do a lot, but the key gameplay fixes and changes create a domino effect on the rest of the product.
這是一個表面上不需要做很多改動的版本,但關鍵的修復和改進會產生多米諾效應。
Harry Reid might have been born in a town with no telephone, but he still hopes to start a dynasty.
哈利·里德可以出身于連電話都沒有的小鎮上,但,他依然可以期盼,開創自己的王朝。
since the Stone Age, but I've only had to endure two years of servitude.
從石器時代就開始了而我剛做了兩年的苦役
You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not.
你認為這是我故意干的,不過我向你保證不是的。
The young swimmer got so tired that she wanted to stop, but she was carried along by the cheers of her classmates.
年輕的女游泳運動員累得不想游了,但她的同學給她加油,鼓勵她繼續游下去。
But perhaps when he got out of the wood, she would be pleased to have children.
但也許等到他的困難過去了,瑪麗也會樂意養幾個孩子呢。
There was, as usual, a crowd of folks about the door, but none that Rip recollected.
門口,和往常一樣,聚著一堆人,但是瑞普一個也不認識。
Next day he tried the other end of the bridge, but it was just the same.
第二天,他在橋的另一頭試試,但是還是一個樣兒。
But he took her hand, and the contact thrilled her; her senses were giving way, and she almost tottered.
他只是握住她一只手,這種接觸使她感到毛骨悚然;她失去了知覺,幾乎是在蹣跚而行。
But I don't need to tell you any more about how the business has grown since then.
但是我的生意從那時起是如何興旺發達起來的,我不需要再跟你多講了。
At the moment he felt nothing but irritation.
此刻他只感到滿懷的氣惱。
Two or three of us could stroll together to the water's edge, but nothing like a target, we were told, must be presented.
他們告訴我們,我們可以三三兩兩地走到河邊,但不能成群結隊,以免露出目標。
He played the game of power politics as if he were a divine right monarch, but he played it well and for the peace of the world.
他象一個神權君主似的玩弄強權政治游戲,不過玩得很好,而且是為了世界和平。
It lies on the map like the top half of a broken cane, parallel with the Equator but a long, long way north.
它在地圖上就象一根破爛手杖的上半節,和南面平行的赤道遙遙相望。
David still loved his wife, but they now began to have frequent and violent quarrels.
盡管大衛仍然愛他的妻子,但他們之間開始常常發生激烈的口角。
At the Admiralty there was growing opinion that the Bismarck was steering for Brest, but it was not until six o'clock that this hardened.
海軍部越來越相信“俾斯麥”號正駛往布雷斯特,但是直到六點鐘,這個想法才肯定下來。
She passed indeed under his nose with a female companion, but he did not know her, nor did she recognize him.
其實,她跟一位女伴就在他鼻子跟前走過,只是他沒有發現她,她也沒認出他。
He began to pity himself, but a sense of the absurdity of his thoughts made him smile.
他開始可憐自己,但又感覺到自己的想法荒謬而微笑了。
There used to be a rubber estate there, but the company went broke and it was abandoned.
過去那邊有一個橡膠園,但是那家公司破產了,橡膠園也丟荒了。
She said smugly, knowing perfectly well that he, along with everybody else, did homage not to her but to her money.
她得意地說:心里很清楚無論是他還是別人,他們都不是向她表示敬意而是為了她的錢。
He said that he was afraid because these people were not men and women at all, but devils, and that this was an enchanted land.
他說他感到恐懼,說這些人都不是人,而是些魔鬼;說這兒是受了魔法蠱惑的地方。
She had looked dazzling before in her silver dress, but in her dress of beaten gold she was more radiant.
前次她穿著銀箔禮服,人們看著已經覺得眼花繚亂了,這次穿了金箔禮服,她看起來比前次更加艷麗奪目了。
But the best of Dodo was that she did not keep angry for long together.
但多多的好處是,要不了多久,她的氣就消了。
She was a woman who, one felt, had never been handsome, but now, in middle age, was of distinctly prepossessing appearance.
她是這樣的一個女人:人們覺得,她以前并不漂亮,而現在,人到中年,卻顯然有了一種令人喜悅的外貌。
He tried to divert his mind with other thoughts, to control and negate what was happening, but without success.
他拼命讓自己想些別的念頭來控制和打消正在發生的事情,但卻無能為力。
This reflects the period of its entry into English, i. e. the nineteen-fifties, but the word is by no means a newcomer in its native land.
這反映了它進入英語的時期系二十世紀五十年代,但它在自己的國土上并非新詞。
He made a brilliant speech but it was not at all liked by his audience.
他發表了一次精彩的演說,但是一點也不受聽眾的歡迎。
What to do with them I did not know, but I secured them as well as I could, and looked up the lodgings and went to him.
怎樣處理這些東西呢,我不知道,我只好盡力把這些東西收拾好,把房子鎖起,到他那里去。
The stone cut their hands and made them bleed, but the men did not worry about that.
石頭劃破了他們的手,鮮血直淌,但他們卻滿不在乎。
From Roxy's manner of speech, a stranger would have expected her to be black, but she was not.
從羅克珊說話的音調聽起來,外人一定會猜想她是個黑人,其實她卻不是。
The girl students do very odd things; but I expected you are used to dealing with that form of exhibitionism.
女學生能做出非常古怪的事來;對這種愛出風頭的情況,我想你已經習以為常了。
Surrounded by the fields, it had no garden but for a few beds planted about its feet.
它的四周就是原野,沒有花園,只在房子下面有幾座花壇。
It is possible to use higher powers of r, but this had been found to be of no advantage.
可能用r的更高次冪,但發現這也無益。
We might seem to be carrying excess supplies but they would be necessary in the case of an emergency.
看上去我們所帶的東西多了些,但情況緊急時,它們會派上用場。
Assessment of mobility for research purposes can be made using special apparatus but clinical assessment is usually subjective.
以研究為目的的流動性評估,可使用的特殊儀器,但臨床評估通常是主觀的。
Hollinghurst knew he would one day have to confront the subject, but wanted to do so on his own terms.
霍林赫斯特知道自己終有一天會面對這個主題,但他希望以自己的方式來描述它。
He was found hanged June 4 in Bangkok in a reported case of autoerotic asphyxiation, but that's not all that needs explaining.
他被報道于6月4日因自慰而在曼谷窒息死亡,并且這還不是需要解釋的全部。
He told me that he remembered it the other day, but he said he forgot it the next day.
就在前一天他還對我說他記得這件事,第二天他就說忘了
But for the MidAm, it was revolutionary because no one would understand that you could balance your risk with a lot of volume.
但是中美商品交易所是一個創新,因為沒人知道你可以依靠很大的成交量平衡風險。
But if it were all so easy, why are we not all swallowing glasses of worm eggs at breakfast?
不過如果真這么容易,為什么我們不把早餐食譜里加多一玻璃杯蟲卵呢?
The essence of financial accounting is one of research foundation of accounting theory, but it still had not been resolved.
財務會計本質是會計理論研究的基礎之一,但該問題至今依然沒有解決。
He needs to kill her, but maybe some part of him believes he can save her from the dark side.
他需要殺了她,不過也許他心里的某個部分相信他能把她從黑暗面拯救出來。
220 does not, so only certain cameras can use it, but the lack of paper allows the roll to hold more film, twice as much to be exact.
220卷則不然,只有某些機型可以使用,但因為沒有襯紙,卷軸就能承載更多膠片,大約要多出兩倍。
Buddha may be easy subject to understand for many, but to implement it in life one needs to have faith, dedication and determination.
佛或許對很多人而言,是一個容易理解的對象,但要把它在生活中實踐,需要信心、虔心和決心。
We live in the south (georgia) and I know many people here did not want Obama to win but there was no problems at my daughters school today.
我知道這里很多人都不想奧巴馬獲選,但是今天我女兒學校里倒沒發生這樣的問題啵。
But there was an object destined to Shalassa that was never offered as it should have been, and has become the subject of many a tale.
但是,仍有一件預訂要奉獻給莎拉薩的珍寶一直沒有被奉獻,并因此成就了許多傳說。
she was pale and trembling , but she held up and looked inquiringly.
她顫抖著,臉色蒼白,可是停了步,帶著疑問的神色望著他。
'I thought I would feel sadness and fear when I burned them, ' he told me. 'But I felt a great sense of release and peace.
葉琛說,他事前曾認為自己燒這些日記時會感到悲傷和恐懼,但真燒時他感到的卻只有放松與平和。
You think you are a bride soon to be married, but it is death that you will be marrying.
你認為你的新郎會和你結婚,可惜你離死亡不遠了。
On an annual basis, house prices in Scotland are now only 1% lower than they were a year ago, but they are 8% down in Northern Ireland.
以年度為基礎,蘇格蘭的房價現在僅比一年前低1%,但是在北愛爾蘭下降了8%。
I'm now in my 80s, but whenever I think of that look on Dad's face, my heart still feels as if it will swell up and burst.
現在,我已經80多歲了,但是每當我回想起我爸當時的面部表情,我就感到我的心仍然在膨脹著,像是要脹裂一樣。
He went on to say that the resumption of the Six-Party talks begun in 2003, but which North Korea withdrew from in 2009, is possible.
他接著說,六方會談于2003年開始,但朝鮮于2009年從會談中退出。恢復六方會談是可能的。
"What you've got is basically good, better and best, but the PC makers don't like you to call it that, " Kay said.
“其實就是是好的、更好的和最好的,但是電腦商們不喜歡你這樣稱呼”Kay說。
She was no longer the milkmaid, but an essence of woman-a whole sex condensed into one typical form.
她不再是一個擠牛奶的女工了,而是個女性精華--從全體婦女里凝煉出來的一個典型儀容。
The officer summoned her, but she did not stir.
警官喚她,她一動不動。
I had no room for desire, except it was of things which I had not, and they were but trifles, though indeed of great use to me.
我心里已經沒有貪求之念,除了少數我缺乏的東西;這些東西雖然對我有用,然而都是微不足道的東西。
He might pass as a northerner in Westminster, but he would be a southerner in Leeds.
盡管他在議會里還能冒充北方人,但到了利茲就是個南方人了。
Sir John did not much understand this reproof; but he laughed as heartily as if he did.
約翰爵士對這一番申斥不甚理解,但是他假裝理解地開懷大笑。
I waited but she did not say any more, and after a moment I returned rather feebly to the subject of her daughter.
我等待著她說下去,可她卻不再開口了。沉默了片刻,我又勉強地將話題轉到她女兒身上。
The other is, when the matter of the point controverted is great, but it is driven to an overgreat subtility and obscurity.
還有一種就是所爭之點是很重要的,然而爭論到了后來趨于過于微秒或幽晦。
Finally he left the club to keep his other appointments, but something of his personality remained behind him.
最后他離開了俱樂部,去赴別的約會,但是他這個人的尺度卻有幾分叫人難忘。
All the way out to Biddlemeier's Inn he tried to talk as an old friend, but he could not pierce the wall of her words.
在去比德爾梅亞飯店的路上,他想象老朋友那樣聊聊,但是穿不透她滔滔不絕的語言的墻壁。
His eyes remained fixed on your face, but so empty of expression were they that it was no discomfort.
他的眼珠很少挪動,總是盯著你的臉,然而又毫無表情,并不使你感到不自在。