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