anything but 的意思是:絕不是,根本不是。如:
I』ll do anything but that.
我絕不會幹那種事。
The party was anything but a success.
晚會根本不成功。
The fight is anything but finished.
鬥爭絕沒有結束。
The hotel was anything but satisfactory.
這家旅館一點不讓人滿意。
注意:
1. anything but 有時可單獨使用。如:
I don’t mean he’s lazy ---- anything but!
我不是說他懶,他根本不懶。
2. anything but 不僅可用於事物,也可用於人。如:
He is anything but a poet.
他絕不是詩人。
He was anything but polite.
他根本沒有一點禮貌。
nothing but(除……外;什麼也沒有;只有)後面可接
(1) 名詞或代詞:
For miles and miles I could see nothing except (= but) a great fire and lots of smoke.
一連好幾英裡,除了大火和濃煙我什麼也看不見。
Under the soil there is nothing but sand.
在這層土壤下邊只有沙子。
(2) 不定式:
A cold-blooded animal has no choice but to lie down and sleep.
冷血動物別無選擇,只好躺下來睡覺。
(註:這種句型中的不定式通常要帶to;但當其前面的動詞是do,或只有情態動詞時,but後面的不定式要省去to。)
例如:
He did nothing but sleep all day long.
他什麼也不幹,成天睡覺。
I can but obey it.(= I can do nothing but obey it.)
我只能服從。
再如:
Politeness costs nothing but wins everything.
彬彬有禮,惠而不費
編輯:小暖
來源:網絡