but

but

美 [bət]  英 [bət]

  • conj.而;然而;只有;尽管如此
  • prep.除了;除…之外
  • adv.只有;仅仅
  • n.借口;托辞
  • v.对(某人)讲“但是”(以示反对,拒绝等)

词形变化

复数:buts  

同义词

英汉双解

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.
我弄错了。不是红的那个,是蓝的那个。
His mother won't be there, but his father might.
他母亲不会去那里,但他父亲也许会去。
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。
2.
然而;尽管如此however; despite this
I'd asked everybody but only two people came.
每个人我都请了,却只来了两个人。
By the end of the day we were tired but happy.
一天结束时,我们很累,但很高兴。
3.
(表示歉意时说)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,表示吃惊、生气或不同意)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.’
“这是我欠你的钱。”“但这不对呀,我只借了 10 英镑给你。”
5.
除…外;只有except
I had no choice but to sign the contract.
我别无选择,只好签了合同。
6.
(重复字词前用,加强语气)used before repeating a word in order to emphasize it
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。
7.
(强调一贯真实)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) .
她每次经过自己的旧居,都会想起在那里度过的幸福岁月。
prep.
1.
除了;除…之外except; apart from
We've had nothing but trouble with this car.
我们这辆车净出毛病。
The problem is anything but easy.
这个问题一点也不简单。
Who but Rosa could think of something like that?
除了罗莎,谁会想得到那种事?
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) .
我赛跑得了倒数第二名。
Take the first turning but one(= not the first one but the one after it) .
在第二个拐弯处转弯。
adv.
1.
只有;仅仅only
I don't think we'll manage it. Still, we can but try.
我想我们应付不了这事。但不妨试试。
There were a lot of famous people there: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, to name but two.
那里有很多名人:只提两个名字吧,有汤姆 ) 汉克斯和朱莉娅 ) 罗伯茨。
n.
1.
[usupl]
借口;托辞a reason that sb gives for not doing sth or not agreeing
‘Let us have no buts,’ he said firmly. ‘You are coming.’
“别找借口了。”他坚定地说,“你得来。”
With so many ifs and buts , it is easier to wait and see.
有这么多托辞,还是静观其变吧。

习惯用语

but for
倘若没有;若非;要不是if it were not for
He would have played but for a knee injury.
他要不是膝部有伤的话,就上场了。
(表示不包括在内)除了…外except for
The square was empty but for a couple of cabs.
除了几辆出租汽车外,广场上空空如也。
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,但也可能会意见完全相反。
(引出解释或原因)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) .
她的意大利语讲得很流利。不过她毕竟在罗马生活过一年。
you cannot/could not but…
只有;除…之外别无可能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)
他不原谅她又能怎么办?

英汉解释

adv.
1.
〈英〉向外;向外室,向厨房
2.
〈书〉不过,只,仅仅;只能,至少,好歹
3.
〈书〉然而,另一方面
4.
刚刚,才
n.
1.
(苏格兰两间一套房屋的)外室,厨房
2.
保留;反对;例外
3.
(讲话时说的)“但是”,“不过”
conj.
1.
但,但是,可是,然而,不过
2.
(不是...)而是,倒是,(非...)乃
3.
除(某人)以外,除了(某人)
4.
只能,仅能,不得不
5.
若非,要不是
6.
(虽...)仍,(尽管...)还是,还没有到...的地步
7.
除非...否则不;只有...(才能...)
8.
(不...则已,一...)就会...,总会...
9.
用于否定词或疑问词之后,表示否定,相当于 that not
10.
用于 deny, doubt, question 等词的否定语气之后,无实义.仅仅相当于 that
11.
用于 odds, ten to one, a thousand to one 等述语之后,表示可能性,无实义,仅仅相当于 that
12.
用于加强语气
prep.
1.
除了,除去,除...之外
2.
除(某人)以外,除了(某人)
3.
只...,仅仅...
v.
1.
对(某人)讲“但是”(以示反对,拒绝等)
2.
(讲话时)总是“但是”,“但是”的
na.
1.
没有不...的
2.
“not but that not”的变体

英英解释

adv.
na.

例句

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

愿意所有定时器最好一个引起误导

"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.

名字朗朗上口身体色彩呼应符合中国民俗吉祥称谓原则

and yet we escaped with nothing but a few scrapes.

我们生还虽然身上擦伤

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

研究你们其中一些可能以为自己知道少数人读过这个故事

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.

这儿厉害可能只是擦伤可能骨折所以打算医院X

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

虽然有点老生常谈旅游享受乐趣程度取决于选择旅伴

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

一路上没有赶忙表现但是归心似箭之后尼斯火车

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

救援人员部分伤者送往附近医院治疗好在伤势严重没有生命危险

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

这家公司100多名员工拒绝透露更多信息

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

如果心安理得可预期方式录制同一类型歌曲不是摇滚乐

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

思维是否具有客观真理不是一个理论问题而是一个实践问题

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.

医院里夜班可怜工资不仅养家糊口而已

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

咨询专业医师确定不会造成伤害

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

一段时间茶叶可是很快感到厌倦

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

但是没有一个真正特别简单办法他们分享这些数据库,以及数据库一些真正运用

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.

如果现在太空往下看到也许不再只是我们城市万家灯火看到渔船灯光

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.

一个表面需要很多改动版本关键修复改进产生多米诺效应

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

哈利·里德可以出身电话没有依然可以期盼开创自己王朝

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

石器时代开始苦役

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

认为故意不过保证不是

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

年轻游泳运动员不想同学加油鼓励继续下去

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

也许等到困难过去了玛丽乐意养几个孩子

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

门口往常一样但是一个认识

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

第二一头试试但是一个样儿

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

只是握住这种接触使感到毛骨悚然失去知觉几乎蹒跚

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

但是生意从那时如何兴旺发达起来需要

At the moment he felt nothing but irritation.

此刻感到满怀气恼

Two or three of us could stroll together to the water's edge, but nothing like a target, we were told, must be presented.

他们告诉我们我们可以三三两两不能成群结队以免露出目标

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.

一个神权君主似的玩弄强权政治游戏不过而且为了世界和平

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

地图破烂手杖南面平行赤道遥遥相望

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

尽管大卫仍然妻子他们之间开始常常发生激烈口角

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.

海军越来越相信俾斯麦布雷斯特但是直到六点钟这个想法肯定下来

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

其实一位女伴鼻子跟前走过只是没有发现认出

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

开始可怜自己感觉自己想法荒谬微笑

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

过去那边一个橡胶但是公司破产橡胶

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

得意心里清楚无论别人他们不是表示敬意而是为了

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.

感到恐惧这些不是而是魔鬼这儿魔法蛊惑地方

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

前次穿着礼服人们已经觉得眼花缭乱这次穿金箔礼服看起来前次更加艳丽夺目

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

多多好处不了多久

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

这样一个女人人们觉得以前并不漂亮现在中年显然一种令人喜悦外貌

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

拼命自己别的念头控制打消正在发生事情无能为力

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.

反映进入英语时期二十世纪五十年代自己国土并非

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

发表一次精彩演说但是一点听众欢迎

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.

怎样处理这些东西知道只好尽力这些东西收拾房子那里

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

石头划破他们鲜血他们满不在乎

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

罗克珊说话音调起来外人一定猜想黑人其实不是

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

学生做出非常古怪这种出风头情况已经习以为常

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

就是原野没有花园房子下面花坛

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

可能r更高发现无益

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

看上去我们东西情况紧急它们用场

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

研究目的流动性评估使用特殊仪器临床评估通常主观

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对这个主题希望自己方式描述

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

报道6月4日自慰曼谷窒息死亡并且不是需要解释全部

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

前一天记得第二忘了

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个创新因为知道可以依靠成交量平衡风险

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

不过如果这么容易为什么我们早餐食谱里加玻璃杯虫卵呢?

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

财务会计本质会计理论研究基础之一问题至今依然没有解决

He needs to kill her, but maybe some part of him believes he can save her from the dark side.

需要不过也许心里某个部分相信黑暗拯救出来

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不然只有某些机型可以使用因为没有衬纸卷轴承载更多胶片大约

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

或许很多而言一个容易理解对象生活实践需要信心虔心决心

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.

知道这里很多不想奥巴马获选但是今天女儿学校发生这样问题

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.

但是预订奉献莎拉萨珍宝一直没有奉献因此成就许多传说

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

颤抖脸色苍白可是带着疑问神色

'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.

叶琛事前认为自己这些日记感到悲伤恐惧感到只有放松平和

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

认为新郎结婚可惜死亡

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.

年度基础苏格兰房价现在1%,但是北爱尔兰下降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.

现在已经80多但是每当想起当时面部表情感到仍然膨胀一样

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.

接着会谈2003年开始朝鲜2009年会谈退出恢复会谈可能

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

其实就是是更好最好但是电脑喜欢这样称呼Kay

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

不再一个牛奶女工而是女性精华--全体妇女出来一个典型仪容

The officer summoned her, but she did not stir.

警官动不动

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.

心里已经没有贪求除了少数缺乏东西这些东西虽然有用然而微不足道东西

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

尽管议会冒充北方利兹就是南方

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

约翰爵士一番申斥理解但是假装理解地开怀大笑

I waited but she did not say any more, and after a moment I returned rather feebly to the subject of her daughter.

等待下去不再开口沉默片刻勉强地话题女儿身上

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

一种就是重要然而争论后来趋于过于微秒

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

最后离开俱乐部别的约会但是这个尺度几分难忘

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.

德尔梅亚饭店路上想象老朋友那样聊聊但是穿滔滔不绝语言墙壁

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

眼珠很少挪动总是然而毫无表情并不使感到不自在