conj.(连词)

1. 然而，但是，可是，而
2. 而是
3. 只有
4. 一定
5. 那就
6. 而不
7. 若不
8. 对于
9. 要不是
10. 相反
11. 尽管如此
12. 表示歉意时说
13. 引出下文，表示吃惊、生气或不同意
14. 除…外
15. 重复字词前用，加强语气

prep.(介词)

1. 除了，除...以外
2. 除去
3. 只...， 仅仅...
4. 不过，但是，可是，然而
5. 除非

adv.(副词)

1. 仅仅，只，才
2. 绝对地
3. 肯定地
4. 不过，然而，只不过
5. 另一方面
6. 只是
7. 只有
8. 只能
9. 至少，好歹
10. 向外
11. 向外室
12. 向厨房
13. 刚刚，方才

pron.(代词)

1. 没有...不
2. 没有不...的，无不
3. 无人

n.(名词)

1. 用“但是”来表示反对，异议，反对
2. 借口，推辞
3. 外室
4. 厨房
5. 保留
6. 例外
7. 头撞

v.(动词)

1. 对（某人）讲“但是”
2. 总是“但是”
3. 别说

conj.(连词)

1. 但是,然而，尽管如此 against what might be expected; in spite of this
2. 另一方面；不过；然而 on the other hand;yet at the same time
3. 而是 rather; instead
4. 除…外，只有 except

prep.(介词)

1. 除…以外 other than; except

Adverb:

1. and nothing more;

   "I was merely asking"
   "it is simply a matter of time"
   "just a scratch"
   "he was only a child"
   "hopes that last but a moment"
   

1.可是；但是；然而
You usebut to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just said, or to introduce something which adds to what you have just said.

e.g. '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。”
e.g. Place the saucepan over moderate heat until the cider is very hotbut 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。

2.但是；不过
You usebut when you are about to add something further in a discussion or to change the subject.

e.g. 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。

3.（用于表示歉意）但是
You usebut after you have made an excuse or apologized for what you are just about to say.

e.g. Please excuse me,but there is something I must say...
不好意思，但有些话我必须说。
e.g. I'm sorry,but it's nothing to do with you...
对不起，但是这跟你没关系。

4.（引出下文，表示惊讶、难以置信、拒绝或抗议）但是，可是
You usebut to introduce a reply to someone when you want to indicate surprise, disbelief, refusal, or protest.

e.g. '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？”
e.g. '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！”

5.除了
but is used to mean 'except'.

e.g. Europe will be represented in allbut 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。
e.g. He didn't speak anythingbut Greek...
他只会说希腊语。

6.仅仅;只;才
but is used to mean 'only'.

e.g. This isbut 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。
e.g. ...Napoleon and Marie Antoinette, to namebut 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。

7.借口；托词
You usebuts in expressions like 'no buts' and 'ifs and buts' to refer to reasons someone gives for not doing something, especially when you do not think that they are good reasons.

but

e.g. 'B-b-b-b-but' I stuttered. — 'Never mind thebuts,' 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。
e.g. He committed a crime, no ifs or buts about it.
他犯了罪，这是无可争辩的。

8.不得不；非…不可；必然
You usecannot but ,could not but, andcannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.

e.g. The pistol was positioned where I couldn't helpbut see it...
手枪放在我抬眼就能看见的地方。
e.g. She could notbut congratulate him.
她只能祝贺他。

9.倘没有；要不是
You usebut for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.

e.g. ...the small square below, emptybut 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
e.g. 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。

10.（表示与前面说过的话略有矛盾）不过，然而
You usebut then orbut then again before a remark which slightly contradicts what you have just said.

e.g. 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。

11.（表示前述事情并不奇怪）不过，但是
You usebut then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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？

12. allbut -> see all
anythingbut -> see anything

1. 不过：我在这部电影里饰演的就是这样一个不太正常的人,身上经常带着伤口,这使得我大部分拍摄的时间都要进行伤口的化妆,不过(but)好在那些化妆都不算太吓人,也不算太难卸掉.

2.but：tear break-up time; 泪膜破裂时间

3. but在线翻译

3.but：butenolide; 丁烯酸内酯

4.but：button; 按钮

1. The watch was cheap, but it goes quite well.
   这块表虽然便宜,但走得很好。
2. These changes will cost a lot, but they will save us money in the long run.
   这些改动相当花钱,但从长远的角度看会为我们省钱。
3. but that's outrageous!
   啊,这太可恶了!
4. It'll be the event of the year—everyone, but everyone, is coming.
   这将是一年中的大事——每个人,对,就是每一个人,都会来。
5. I'm sorry,but could you repeat that,please?
   对不起，请再说一遍好吗？
6. but now to the main question...
   好，现在谈谈主要问题…
7. She can do anything but sing.
   她除了唱歌之外,什么都会做。
8. It could do everything but stop.
   除了停下来,什么事情都能做。
9. He wanted nothing but to stay here.
   除了留在这里之外,他别无所求。
10. We had no choice but to move.
    我们除了迁居别无选择。
11. They are but too glad to do so.
    他们很高兴这样做。
12. Hardly a week passes but I get another good idea.
    每过一个星期，我就会想到一个好主意。
13. They never meet but they discuss this problem.〔They never meet without discussing this problem.〕
    他们每次见面都讨论这个问题。
14. Never a month passes but she writes to her old parents.
    她没有一个月不给她年老的双亲写信。
15. He never comes but he may scold us.
    他一来就责骂我们。
16. No one is so old but he may learn.〔=No one is so old that he may not learn.〕
    活到老,学到老。
17. She is not so old but that she can read.
    她并未老到不能读书。
18. He is not such a fool but that he knows it.
    他并非笨得不知道这个。
19. There is no man so learned but what he can learn something from this book.
    再博学的人都会从本书中学到一些东西。
20. I would fail my exams but that the classmates help me with my lesson.
    要不是同学们帮助我学习功课,我考试就会不及格。
21. We would have avoided making such a mistake,but we didn't follow his sound advice.
    我们本来可以不犯这样的错误，只是我们没有接受他的忠告。
22. He is extremely strong—not but that he will catch cold at times.
    虽然他特别健壮,可是有时也会感冒。
23. The purpose of the scheme is not to help the employers but to provide work for young people.
    这个计划的目的不是为了帮助雇主,而是为青年人提供工作机会。
24. It is not water,but alcohol.
    这不是水，而是酒精。
25. They want not your pity but your help.
    他们不需你的同情，而需要你的帮助。
26. Not that the machine is out of order, but that I have not learned to operate it.
    不是机器出了故障,而是我还没学会操作。
27. Not that I don't like the film,but that I have no time for it.
    不是因为我不喜欢这部电影，而是因为我没时间去看。
28. There is no doubt (but) that he will win the election.
    毫无疑问地,他将在竞选中获胜。
29. I have no doubt but that he'll come.
    我想他会来的。
30. I may be only a servant,but I have my pride.
    虽然我是个仆人，但我是有自尊心的。

1. We go to school every day but Sunday.
   我们除了星期日每天都上学。
2. He has looked for it everywhere but in his own room.
   除了他自己的房间外,他到处都找遍了。
3. The problem is anything but easy.
   这个问题绝不容易。
4. He does everything in the house but putting the children to bed.
   除了安排孩子上床睡觉之外,他在家里什么事都做。
5. Nobody but him could be so selfish.
   除了他之外,谁也不会这样自私。
6. Nobody but John and Smith was in the lab yesterday.
   除了约翰和史密斯之外，昨天实验室里没有其他人。
7. His house is the last but one in this street.
   他的房子就是这条街上的倒数第二家。

but for

除…之外 except forbut for John they all died.除了约翰大家都死了。

but then (again)

但是，然而，另一方面 on the other hand

cannot but

只好，必须，一定，不能不，不得不be forced to;can only;must

all but

除了…之外(都)all except

anything but

除…之外任何事(物)都…,根本不…，并不，决不，绝不 by no means, not at all

none but

仅,只only

nothing but

只有,只不过only
nothing but+n\u002e

I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.

除了一张百万英镑的钞票,这世上我是一无所有。

Don't scold her, she's nothing but a child.

不要责骂她,她只不过是个孩子。

nothing but to-/ v 〔to- v〕

At present I can do nothing but wait.

目前,我只好等待。

They did nothing but complain.

他们只知道抱怨。

He wanted nothing but to stay there.

他什么也不想,就想呆在那儿。

We have no choice but to arrive late.

除了迟到以外,我们并无选择。

• Gang but the house and see who is there.

  出自：Oxford English Dictionary

Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.

我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。

He's still but a child.

他仅仅是个小孩子。

I want to say nothing but sorry.

我只想说对不起。

He can but admit that it was his fault.

他只得承认这是他的错误。

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。

but that's not possible!

但那是不可能的！

'u2018Here's the money I owe you. 'u2019 'u2018but that's not right'u2500it was only 'u00a310. 'u2019

“这是我欠你的钱。”“但这不对呀——我只借了10英镑给你。”

I had no choice but to sign the contract.

我别无选择，只好签了合同。

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。

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。

I'm sorry but I can't stay any longer.

很抱歉，我不能再待下去了。

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.

他母亲不会在那里，但他父亲也许会去。

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。

She could not but congratulate him.

她只能祝贺他。

...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

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。

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。

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。

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？

He committed a crime, no ifs or buts about it.

他犯了罪，这是无可争辩的。

'B-b-b-b-but' I stuttered. 'u2014 '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。

...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。

He didn't speak anything but Greek...

他只会说希腊语。

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。

I'm sorry, but it's nothing to do with you...

对不起，但是这跟你没关系。

'I don't think I should stay in this house' 'u2014 'but why?'...

“我觉得我不应该再呆在这所房子里。”——“可是为什么？”

'Somebody wants you on the telephone' 'u2014 '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！”

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。

Please excuse me, but there is something I must say...

不好意思，但有些话我必须说。

'You said you'd stay till tomorrow.' 'u2014 '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。”

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。

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。

conj.(连词)

1. but的基本意思相当于in spite of this或表示与所预料的不一样,意为“但是,然而,尽管如此”，不与though,although连用。
2. but可用来表达诸如愤怒、吃惊等强烈的感情，用来加强语气，也可用在表示歉意的句子里，常不译出，还可用于改变话题，意为“无论如何”“反正”“好”。
3. 如果but接动词不定式,当前面有do或cannot时,不定式不带to; 当前面有anything, everything, nothing等词时,不定式常不带to,但也有例外; 其余情况带to。
4. 与but连用的too...to do结构不具有否定意义。
5. 如果主句含有hardly,never,never so,not so,not such等词，可用but,but that或but what引导表示结果的状语从句，构成双重否定，相当于that...not或unless，译作“没有…不”“若…，就一定”。
6. 如果but that引出的分句描述的是真实情况，而主句描述的是非真实的情况，则主句多用虚拟语气，此时译作“假如没有…”“要不是”
7. not but that...是it is not but that的省略法, but无否定意义,译作“虽然…可是…”。
8. 在not...but...结构里，可以不借助do(does)来否定动词，而否定其他成分，译作“不是…而是”。
9. not that...but that...相当于not because...but because...,译作“不是…而是…”。
10. 否定词+doubt(或deny, question等)+but that中的but that相当于that, but无否定意义,常可省略。
11. 在may...but...中，may常具有让步的含义。

prep.(介词)

1. but用作介词时表示“除…以外”,通常与表示确切意思的词，如no,all,any,every,each,none,nobody,anywhere等以及疑问词，如who,where,what等连用，但不能与some,many,several等表示不确切意思的词连用。所以，我们可以说all but one,但不能说some but one或many but one。也可与最高级形容词连用。其后面可以是名词、介词短语、形容词等。
2. but用作介词一般不置于句首。
3. but引导的短语后置于主语之后时，句中谓语应该和主语在人称和数上保持一致。
4. the last〔next〕 but one〔two, three, etc.〕的意思是“倒数第二、三、四…”,这种用法在英式英语中比较常见。

prep.(介词)

but, except

这两个词都表示“除…外”。but和except都表示从整体中除去部分,但在but的句子里,着重在整体; 在用except的句子里,着重在除去的部分。

but, however, how ever, no matter how

1.however是一个词, how ever是两个词,其中第二个词ever起加强语气的作用。

2.however和no matter how的意思都是“不管…怎样”,但前者为书面语; 后者多用于口语。

3.but和however用作连词时,都可以连接两个相反的观念和事物,但but所表示的是非常明显的对比,其连接部分必须是两个并列对等的成分; however是正式的用语,通常连接两个句子或作插入语用,是将后者和前者加以比较从而看出后者和前者意思相反。

besides，but，except，except for

这些前置词或短语均含“除……之外”之意。

besides着重于指另外还有。

but侧重指不包括在内。

except侧重于排除在外，从整体里减去。可与but换用，但语气较强。

except for多用于在说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定，还引出相反的原因或细节，从而部分地修正前面的主要意思，含惋惜意味。

but，however，still，yet，nevertheless，while，whereas

这些连词或副词均含“但是，可是，然而，而”之意。

but口语常用词，语气较强，泛指与前述情况相反。

however表转折关系，语气稍弱于but，连接性也弱一些，因而常作插入语。

still语气强，多用于肯定句或疑问句。指尽管作出让步，采取措施或表示反对，但情况仍然如故，无所改变。

yet常用于否定句，语气比still稍强。指不管作出多大努力或让步，仍达不到预期的结果。

nevertheless指尽管作出完全让步，也不会发生任何影响。

while表对比，一般可与whereas换用，但程度弱一些。

whereas表对比，一般可与while互换。

but，however

这两个连词都有“但是，可是，然而”之意。

but连接两个分句或有关部分，表示转折或逻辑上的对比关系，使用最广，口语中更为常见。

however转折意味比but弱，连接的两个分句或有关部分的关系较为松弛，后一部分常起附带说明或衬托作用。however常以插入语形式出现在句子中间，前后用逗号隔开，也可置于句首或句末。

cabin，cottage，but，shed

这些名词均含有“小屋”之意。

cabin多指建造粗糙的简陋小木屋，也指旅客或船员住的船舱。现在也指节假日旅游者的简便住房。

cottage指穷苦人住的乡间小茅屋。现在也指雅致的小住宅，在美国可指别墅。

but多指供居住或遮避风雨的简易小屋。

shed一般指四壁没有完全封闭，供牲畜用或储藏东西、停放车辆等的简易棚屋。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的butan，意为除非，除外，但。