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1、Word并列连词but的用法归纳 but 一词既可作连词、介词、副词用,又有一些习惯搭配和固定用法,这里对but做连词用法做一归纳。 1、表示转折关系,意为但是,然而,可是,所连接的成分意思相反或相对,使其前后的词、短语、分句相互对比。例如: Our school is small but beautiful.我们学校虽然小但很美丽。(连接两个形容词,意思相对) The car is very old but it runs very fast.虽然小汽车旧了,但跑得很快。 She is young but very experienced. 她虽然年轻但阅历丰富。 It was a sunn
2、y but not very warm day. 那一每天气晴朗,却不太温和。 He drives not carefully but slowly. 他开车不是很当心,而是开得很慢。 按英语习惯,表示转折的but不能与表示让步的though或although套用,如: 他们虽是孪生,但是相貌却完全不同。 误:Although they are twins, but they look entirely different. 正:They are twins, but they look entirely different. 正:Although they are twins, they l
3、ook entirely different. 2、并列连词but用于notbut结构,意为不是而是。例如: What I want is not this one, but that one. 我想要的不是这个,而是那个。 Bamboo is not a tree, but a kind of grass. 竹不是一种树,而是一种草。 Travel to the moon is not a dream but an actual happening. 登月旅行已不是幻想而是现实事情了。 3、 用于 excuse me, Im sorry表示歉意的话语之后,表示谢绝或不赞成。例如: Im so
4、rry, but I disagree with you. 对不起,我不同意你的看法。 Sorry, but were behind schedule. 愧疚,我们落在方案后了。 Im frightfully sorry, but I cant see you today. 太对不起了,我今日不能见你。 Excuse me, but I dont think thats quite true. 很愧疚,我认为这与事实略有出入。 4、用于两个并列的分句之间,例如: I never go past that house but I think of my miserable life in the
5、 old society. 我走过那所房子时,没有一次不想起我在旧社会所过的凄惨生活。 This isnt a good one but it will answer. 这不太好,但可以将就用。 He looks honest, but actually hes a rogue. 他看起来很狡猾,实际他是一个坏蛋。 She has had no answer to him but he gave no answer. 我向他说了早上好,但他没有回应。 The ice remained, but there was no water underneath. 冰还在,但下面却没有水。 Mrs. B
6、rown was about to begin, but Jennie spoke first. 布朗夫人刚要开头讲话,珍妮先讲了。 At first he was a little shy, but now he acts more natural. 开头时他有些害羞但现在他表现得很自然了。 There was a little trouble at first, but things were soon quiet. 起初有点小麻烦后来状况就安静了。 It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已,一雨倾盆。 5、并列连词but有时可用于表示异议、惊异或惊讶等。如: I
7、m getting married. But thats wonderful! 我快要结婚了。啊,那太好了! 6、并列连词but用于否定词语(尤其是never,有时也可能是not, no, hardly等)后,表示without the result that.或without it also being the case that.,其意为而不产生的结果;而不同时也,结合其前的否定词通常译为一就每都会一总会没有而不。如: It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已,一雨倾盆(指事情不发生则已,一旦发生则接踵而至,有时译为祸不单行)。 I never see her but I want to kiss her. 我每次见到她都想吻她。 You cannot look into the index but you will find the word. 你一查索引,就可以找到那个词。 4