but
英 [bʌt; bət]
美[bʌt]
- conj. 但是；而是；然而
- adv. 仅仅，只
- prep. 除…以外
- n. (But)人名；(俄、罗)布特；(越)笔
实用场景例句
- Nothing, but nothing would make him change his mind.
- 没有什么，绝对没有什么会使他改变主意。
牛津词典
- But that's not possible!
- 但那是不可能的！
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- ‘Here's the money I owe you. ’ ‘But that's not right─it was only £10. ’
- “这是我欠你的钱。”“但这不对呀——我只借了10英镑给你。”
牛津词典
- I had no choice but to sign the contract.
- 我别无选择，只好签了合同。
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- It isn't that he lied exactly, but he did tend to exaggerate.
- 他不见得是真的说谎，但他的确是有意夸大。
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- I'd asked everybody but only two people came.
- 每个人我都请了，却只来了两个人。
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- By the end of the day we were tired but happy.
- 一天结束时，我们很累，但很高兴。
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- I'm sorry but I can't stay any longer.
- 很抱歉，我不能再待下去了。
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- I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one.
- 我弄错了。不是红的那个，是蓝的那个。
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- His mother won't be there, but his father might.
- 他母亲不会在那里，但他父亲也许会去。
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- The pistol was positioned where I couldn't help but see it...
- 手枪放在我抬眼就能看见的地方。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She could not but congratulate him.
- 她只能祝贺他。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the small square below, empty but for a delivery van and a clump of palm trees...
- 下面的小广场空空荡荡,只有一辆送货车和几棵棕榈树
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- But for you, they might have given us the slip.
- 要不是你，我们可能已经被他们甩掉了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- My husband spends hours in the bathroom, but then again so do I.
- 我丈夫常占用浴室好几个小时，不过我也是这样。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was a fine young man, but then so had his father been...
- 他年轻有为，不过他父亲也曾经是。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Sonia might not speak the English language well, but then who did?
- 索尼娅的英语也许说得不好，但谁又说得好呢？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He committed a crime, no ifs or buts about it.
- 他犯了罪，这是无可争辩的。
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- 'B-b-b-b-but' I stuttered. — 'Never mind the buts,' she ranted...
- “但——但——但是”，我结结巴巴地说道。——“别跟我讲那些‘但是’了。”她咆哮道。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Napoleon and Marie Antoinette, to name but two who had stayed in the great state rooms.
- 只提两位在贵宾房住过的人，就是拿破仑和玛丽·安托瓦妮特。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He didn't speak anything but Greek...
- 他只会说希腊语。
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- This is but one of the methods used to try and get alcoholics to give up drink.
- 这只是为让那些酗酒者戒酒所尝试的方法之一。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I'm sorry, but it's nothing to do with you...
- 对不起，但是这跟你没关系。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 'I don't think I should stay in this house' — 'But why?'...
- “我觉得我不应该再呆在这所房子里。”——“可是为什么？”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 'Somebody wants you on the telephone' — 'But no one knows I'm here!'
- “有人打电话找你。”——“可没有人知道我在这里啊！”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Europe will be represented in all but two of the seven races...
- 除了两项赛事之外，欧洲在其余5项赛事中都有代表参加。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Please excuse me, but there is something I must say...
- 不好意思，但有些话我必须说。
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- 'You said you'd stay till tomorrow.' — 'I know, Bel, but I think I would rather go back.'...
- “你说过你要呆到明天的。”——“我知道，贝尔，但我还是想回去。”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Place the saucepan over moderate heat until the cider is very hot but not boiling...
- 把炖锅置于中火上加热，直到苹果酒变得很烫，但不要加热到沸腾。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They need to recruit more people into the prison service. But another point I'd like to make is that many prisons were built in the nineteenth century.
- 监狱需要招募更多的工作人员。但我想补充一点，很多监狱都是在19世纪建造的。
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