nothing
but(除……而外什么也没有只有)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