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一、介词but的常见用法

介词but表示“除……外”,与except,other than或not including的意思相近。主要出现在以下场合:

①与no,no one,none,nobody,nothing,nowhere等词连用。例如:

No one can do it but him.只有他才能担当此任。

None but him knows this plant.只有他认识这种植物。

I heard nothing but the wind.除了风声,我什么也没听到。

②与all,anything,anywhere,every,everybody,everyone等词连用。例如:

We were all here but Tom.除汤姆以外,我们来了。

Everybody arrived on time but yourself.大家都按时到达,就是你自己没有。

Have you ever been to anywhere else but Beijing?除了北京之外你还去过别的什么地方吗?

③与who,what,where及形容词最高级等连用。例如:

Who but a fool would do such a thing?除傻瓜外,谁还会干这样的事情?

What is she but my wife?她不是我的妻子还会是别的什么人?

He is the thinnest man in our school but Mr He.除何先生外,他是我们学校里最瘦的人。

④but后面常跟名词、代词、数词、形容词、副词、介词短语或名词性从句作宾语。例如:

None but his dog saved him.除了他的狗以外,谁也救不了他。

I have written all my letters but one.我只差一封信就写完了。

He felt all but dead with fatigue.他感到累得要死。

She was anything but mad.她一点也不疯。

I remember I put it nowhere but in desk.我记得我只是把它放在书桌里了。

I believe all but what he said.我根本不相信他说的话。

⑤but后面常跟带to的动词不定式作宾语。例如:

She had no choice but to wait.除了等待,她别无选择。

⑥but前的谓语动词是do时,其后跟省略“to”的动词不定式作宾语。例如:

He did nothing but read a novel yesterday.除了看小说,他昨天什么也没干。

What can you do but take back what you said.除了收回你的话外你还能做什么呢?

⑦but前面的非谓语动词是to do或doing时,but后面动词不定式的符号“to”可以省略也可以不省略。例如:

I had nothing to do but(to)watch TV yesterday evening.除了看电视,昨晚我无事可做。

There was nothing left to do but(to)take a rest.没有什么事情要做,只好休息了。

⑧but前面的谓语动词或短语动词后要求接动名词时,在but后面应接动名词。例如:

He thinks of nothing but making money.除了赚钱,他什么也不想。

That official was afraid of nothing but eating pork.那位官员只是怕吃猪肉。

He could bear anything but hearing such bad news.他听到这样的坏消息确实会忍受不了的。

⑨but不能置于句首,也不能与other连用。例如:

Everyone but me was tired.(=Except for me,everyone was tired.)

除了我,大家都累了。

Mr An has no girl-friends but her.(=Mr An has no other girl-friend besides/except her.)除了她外,安先生没有别的女朋友。

⑩but后面的代词,可用主格也可用宾格;但处于主语位置时,用主格代词显得更自然,谓语动词的形式应与but前面的主语在人称和数上保持一致。例如:

No one but we(us)is able to do it.只有我们能当此任。

Nobody but we(us)knows of it.除了我们外,没有人知道这件事。

You are all wrong but I(me).除我以外,你们都错了。

I told her that I had never loved anyone but her.我告诉她,除她以外我没有爱过任何人。

二、含介词but的常见短语

1.all but除……外全都;几乎

All but mother in my family can speak English.除母亲外,我一家人都会说英语。

They have all but finished the task.他们几乎完成了任务。

You are all but a doctor.你简直是个博士。

His theory is all but correct.他的理论几乎是正确的。

2.anything but不见得;决不

He is anything but a good headmaster.他不见得是个好校长。

His composition is anything but correct.他的作文错误百出。

I was anything but angry.我一点也不生气。

This car is anything but beautiful.这小汽车根本不漂亮。

3.but for除……外;要不是

The purse is empty but for a few coins.除了几枚硬币外,钱包里面是空空的。

She could have remarried but for her little daughter.要不是因为她的小女儿,她早就再婚了。

4.but now刚刚,适才

I saw him in the office but now.我刚刚看见他在办公室里。

I heard the commander talk about you but now.适才我听得司令讲到您。

5.but that要不是,若非

But that I saw it,I could not have believed it.要不是我亲眼所见我决不会相信这件事。

But that you helped us,we could not have been rich.要不是你的帮助,我们不会富裕起来。

6.can(or could)but只能,只好

His father can but know a few letters.他的父亲只能认识几个字母

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