nothing but(除……外;什么也没有;只有)后面可接(1) 名词或代词:
For miles and miles I could see nothing except (= but) a great fire and lots of smoke. 一连好几英里,除了大火和浓烟我什么也看不见。
Under the soil there is nothing but sand. 在这层土壤下边只有沙子。
(2)不定式:A cold-blooded animal has no choice but to lie down and sleep. 冷血动物别无选择,只好躺下来睡觉。(注:这种句型中的不定式通常要带to;但当其前面的动词是do,或只有情态动词时,but后面的不定式要省去to。例如:
He did nothing but sleep all day long. 他什么也不干,成天睡觉。
I can but obey it.(= I can do nothing but obey it.)我只能服从。
再如:
Politeness costs nothing but wins everything. 这是一句谚语,意为彬彬有礼,惠而不费,或者理解为和气生财。
anything but 绝不,根本不。如:
I was anything but happy about going.我一点也不愿意出去。
He was anything but a fool.他根本不是个傻瓜。
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