but.
但,但是,不过,而是
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Definitions
conj.conjunction · 连词
- 1.
- ›on the contrary; yet: My brother went, but I did not.
- ›except; save: She was so overcome with grief she could do nothing but weep.
- ›unless; if not; except that: Nothing would do but that I should come in.
- ›without the circumstance that: It never rains but it pours.
- ›otherwise than: There is no hope but by prayer.
- ›that: I don't doubt but he will do it.
- ›who not; that not: No leaders worthy of the name ever existed but they were optimists.
- ›: But she's beautiful!
- ›Informal. than: It no sooner started raining but it stopped.
prep.preposition · 介词
- 1.
- ›with the exception of; except; save: No one replied but me.
adv.adverb · 副词
Phrases
- but for
- but good
- all but
- all over but the shouting
- anything but
- can't help but
- close but no cigar
- everything but the kitchen sink
- it never rains but it pours
- last but not least
- no ifs or buts
- nothing but
- sadder but wiser
- separate but equal
- slow but sure
- spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- there but for the grace of god
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
And more I cannot explain/but you, from what I did not say/will infer what I do not say.
And there is always the easy-but-true charge of Hollywood hypocrisy.
Sheets of bright-but-not-too-bright blue streaked with thin clouds.
And in those conflicts, the Predator would be all-but-useless.
And we all remember good-but-overpraised songs like If I Had a Hammer and the treacly classic Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
When he first worked her she had the old bee-but boiler, 24 feet in diameter.
Till now one with sudden hiss: "But-good Christ-just look-why, the roof's leaning—!"
Our friend with his infinite variety and flexibility, we know-but can we put him in?
Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass-but there is no invitation for to inquire within or without.
And again there came to Honoria that ache of longing for the but-half-disclosed glory and fulness of life.