but

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

conj.
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。”
5.
除…外;只有except
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。
prep.
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。
adv.
1.
只有;僅僅only
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。
n.
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。
(表示不包括在內)除了…外except for
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.
1.
〈英〉向外;向外室,向廚房
2.
〈書〉不過,只,僅僅;只能,至少,好歹
3.
〈書〉然而,另一方面
4.
剛剛,才
n.
1.
(蘇格蘭兩間一套房屋的)外室,廚房
2.
保留;反對;例外
3.
(講話時說的)“但是”,“不過”
conj.
1.
但,但是,可是,然而,不過
2.
(不是...)而是,倒是,(非...)乃
3.
除(某人)以外,除了(某人)
4.
只能,僅能,不得不
5.
若非,要不是
6.
(雖...)仍,(盡管...)還是,還沒有到...的地步
7.
除非...否則不;只有...(才能...)
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
12.
用于加強語氣
prep.
1.
除了,除去,除...之外
2.
除(某人)以外,除了(某人)
3.
只...,僅僅...
v.
1.
對(某人)講“但是”(以示反對,拒絕等)
2.
(講話時)總是“但是”,“但是”的
na.
1.
沒有不...的
2.
“not but that not”的變體

英英解釋

adv.
na.

例句

I'd like to say that this is the best of all timer classes, but that would be misleading.

愿意所有定時器最好一個引起誤導

"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.

名字朗朗上口身體色彩呼應符合中國民俗吉祥稱謂原則

and yet we escaped with nothing but a few scrapes.

我們生還雖然身上擦傷

There's a study some of you think you know about, but very few people have ever read the story.

研究你們其中一些可能以為自己知道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.

這兒厲害可能只是擦傷可能骨折所以打算醫院X

It might sound very obvious, but how much you enjoy your trip will depend on your choice of travelling companion.

雖然有點老生常談旅游享受樂趣程度取決于選擇旅伴

In his journey there was no appearance of flight, but he was fleeing, and four days afterward he was on the Zenith train.

一路上沒有趕忙表現但是歸心似箭之后尼斯火車

Rescuers said the injured were taken to a nearby part of the hospital, but fortunately the injury is not serious, not life threatening.

救援人員部分傷者送往附近醫院治療好在傷勢嚴重沒有生命危險

He said the company had more than 100 employees, but he declined to comment further.

這家公司100多名員工拒絕透露更多信息

But he said being comfortable and predictable by recording the same kind of music is not the place for rock music.

如果心安理得可預期方式錄制同一類型歌曲不是搖滾樂

The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of theory but is a practical question.

思維是否具有客觀真理不是一個理論問題而是一個實踐問題

He did not want, he would not, he was unwilling, but he said not.

不想不愿情愿可是

She worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage that she was earning could only be stretched so far.

醫院里夜班可憐工資不僅養家糊口而已

But she must make sure that this will not harm her by consulting a specialized physician.

咨詢專業醫師確定不會造成傷害

He had been a tea merchant for a little longer, but he had soon tired of that.

一段時間茶葉可是很快感到厭倦

But there's never been a particularly easy method for sharing those databases and doing something really useful with them.

但是沒有一個真正特別簡單辦法他們分享這些數據庫,以及數據庫一些真正運用

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.

如果現在太空往下看到也許不再只是我們城市萬家燈火看到漁船燈光

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.

一個表面需要很多改動版本關鍵修復改進產生多米諾效應

Harry Reid might have been born in a town with no telephone, but he still hopes to start a dynasty.

哈利·里德可以出身電話沒有依然可以期盼開創自己王朝

since the Stone Age, but I've only had to endure two years of servitude.

石器時代開始苦役

You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not.

認為故意不過保證不是

The young swimmer got so tired that she wanted to stop, but she was carried along by the cheers of her classmates.

年輕游泳運動員不想同學加油鼓勵繼續下去

But perhaps when he got out of the wood, she would be pleased to have children.

也許等到困難過去了瑪麗樂意養幾個孩子

There was, as usual, a crowd of folks about the door, but none that Rip recollected.

門口往常一樣但是一個認識

Next day he tried the other end of the bridge, but it was just the same.

第二一頭試試但是一個樣兒

But he took her hand, and the contact thrilled her; her senses were giving way, and she almost tottered.

只是握住這種接觸使感到毛骨悚然失去知覺幾乎蹣跚

But I don't need to tell you any more about how the business has grown since then.

但是生意從那時如何興旺發達起來需要

At the moment he felt nothing but irritation.

此刻感到滿懷氣惱

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.

一個神權君主似的玩弄強權政治游戲不過而且為了世界和平

It lies on the map like the top half of a broken cane, parallel with the Equator but a long, long way north.

地圖破爛手杖南面平行赤道遙遙相望

David still loved his wife, but they now began to have frequent and violent quarrels.

盡管大衛仍然妻子他們之間開始常常發生激烈口角

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.

海軍越來越相信俾斯麥布雷斯特但是直到六點鐘這個想法肯定下來

She passed indeed under his nose with a female companion, but he did not know her, nor did she recognize him.

其實一位女伴鼻子跟前走過只是沒有發現認出

He began to pity himself, but a sense of the absurdity of his thoughts made him smile.

開始可憐自己感覺自己想法荒謬微笑

There used to be a rubber estate there, but the company went broke and it was abandoned.

過去那邊一個橡膠但是公司破產橡膠

She said smugly, knowing perfectly well that he, along with everybody else, did homage not to her but to her money.

得意心里清楚無論別人他們不是表示敬意而是為了

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.

感到恐懼這些不是而是魔鬼這兒魔法蠱惑地方

She had looked dazzling before in her silver dress, but in her dress of beaten gold she was more radiant.

前次穿著禮服人們已經覺得眼花繚亂這次穿金箔禮服看起來前次更加艷麗奪目

But the best of Dodo was that she did not keep angry for long together.

多多好處不了多久

She was a woman who, one felt, had never been handsome, but now, in middle age, was of distinctly prepossessing appearance.

這樣一個女人人們覺得以前并不漂亮現在中年顯然一種令人喜悅外貌

He tried to divert his mind with other thoughts, to control and negate what was happening, but without success.

拼命自己別的念頭控制打消正在發生事情無能為力

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.

反映進入英語時期二十世紀五十年代自己國土并非

He made a brilliant speech but it was not at all liked by his audience.

發表一次精彩演說但是一點聽眾歡迎

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.

怎樣處理這些東西知道只好盡力這些東西收拾房子那里

The stone cut their hands and made them bleed, but the men did not worry about that.

石頭劃破他們鮮血他們滿不在乎

From Roxy's manner of speech, a stranger would have expected her to be black, but she was not.

羅克珊說話音調起來外人一定猜想黑人其實不是

The girl students do very odd things; but I expected you are used to dealing with that form of exhibitionism.

學生做出非常古怪這種出風頭情況已經習以為常

Surrounded by the fields, it had no garden but for a few beds planted about its feet.

就是原野沒有花園房子下面花壇

It is possible to use higher powers of r, but this had been found to be of no advantage.

可能r更高發現無益

We might seem to be carrying excess supplies but they would be necessary in the case of an emergency.

看上去我們東西情況緊急它們用場

Assessment of mobility for research purposes can be made using special apparatus but clinical assessment is usually subjective.

研究目的流動性評估使用特殊儀器臨床評估通常主觀

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有一天面對這個主題希望自己方式描述

He was found hanged June 4 in Bangkok in a reported case of autoerotic asphyxiation, but that's not all that needs explaining.

報道6月4日自慰曼谷窒息死亡并且不是需要解釋全部

He told me that he remembered it the other day, but he said he forgot it the next day.

前一天記得第二忘了

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一個創新因為知道可以依靠成交量平衡風險

But if it were all so easy, why are we not all swallowing glasses of worm eggs at breakfast?

不過如果這么容易為什么我們早餐食譜里加玻璃杯蟲卵呢?

The essence of financial accounting is one of research foundation of accounting theory, but it still had not been resolved.

財務會計本質會計理論研究基礎之一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.

需要不過也許心里某個部分相信黑暗拯救出來

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不然只有某些機型可以使用因為沒有襯紙卷軸承載更多膠片大約

Buddha may be easy subject to understand for many, but to implement it in life one needs to have faith, dedication and determination.

或許很多而言一個容易理解對象生活實踐需要信心虔心決心

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.

知道這里很多不想奧巴馬獲選但是今天女兒學校發生這樣問題

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.

但是預訂奉獻莎拉薩珍寶一直沒有奉獻因此成就許多傳說

she was pale and trembling , but she held up and looked inquiringly.

顫抖臉色蒼白可是帶著疑問神色

'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.

葉琛事前認為自己這些日記感到悲傷恐懼感到只有放松平和

You think you are a bride soon to be married, but it is death that you will be marrying.

認為新郎結婚可惜死亡

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.

年度基礎蘇格蘭房價現在1%,但是北愛爾蘭下降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.

現在已經80多但是每當想起當時面部表情感到仍然膨脹一樣

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.

接著會談2003年開始朝鮮2009年會談退出恢復會談可能

"What you've got is basically good, better and best, but the PC makers don't like you to call it that, " Kay said.

其實就是是更好最好但是電腦喜歡這樣稱呼Kay

She was no longer the milkmaid, but an essence of woman-a whole sex condensed into one typical form.

不再一個牛奶女工而是女性精華--全體婦女出來一個典型儀容

The officer summoned her, but she did not stir.

警官動不動

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.

心里已經沒有貪求除了少數缺乏東西這些東西雖然有用然而微不足道東西

He might pass as a northerner in Westminster, but he would be a southerner in Leeds.

盡管議會冒充北方利茲就是南方

Sir John did not much understand this reproof; but he laughed as heartily as if he did.

約翰爵士一番申斥理解但是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.

等待下去不再開口沉默片刻勉強地話題女兒身上

The other is, when the matter of the point controverted is great, but it is driven to an overgreat subtility and obscurity.

一種就是重要然而爭論后來趨于過于微秒

Finally he left the club to keep his other appointments, but something of his personality remained behind him.

最后離開俱樂部別的約會但是這個尺度幾分難忘

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.

德爾梅亞飯店路上想象老朋友那樣聊聊但是穿滔滔不絕語言墻壁

His eyes remained fixed on your face, but so empty of expression were they that it was no discomfort.

眼珠很少挪動總是然而毫無表情并不使感到不自在