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!
 
牛津词典
- ‘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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- I'd asked everybody but only two people came.
 - 每个人我都请了,却只来了两个人。
 
牛津词典
- By the end of the day we were tired but happy.
 - 一天结束时,我们很累,但很高兴。
 
牛津词典
- I'm sorry but I can't stay any longer.
 - 很抱歉,我不能再待下去了。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- '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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- '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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典