nothing but(除……而外;什麼也沒有;只有)後面可接(1) 名詞或代詞:
For miles and miles I could see nothing except (= but) a great fire and lots of smoke. 一連好幾英里,除了大火和濃煙我什麼也看不見。
Under the soil there is nothing but sand. 在這層土壤下邊只有沙子。
(2)不定式:A cold-blooded animal has no choice but to lie down and sleep. 冷血動物別無選擇,只好躺下來睡覺。(注:這種句型中的不定式通常要帶to;但當其前面的動詞是do,或只有情態動詞時,but後面的不定式要省去to。例如:
He did nothing but sleep all day long. 他什麼也不幹,成天睡覺。
I can but obey it.(= I can do nothing but obey it.)我只能服從。
再如:
Politeness costs nothing but wins everything. 這是一句諺語,意為彬彬有禮,惠而不費,或者理解為和氣生財。
nothing but(除……而外;什麼也沒有;只有)後面可接(1) 名詞或代詞:
For miles and miles I could see nothing except (= but) a great fire and lots of smoke. 一連好幾英里,除了大火和濃煙我什麼也看不見。
Under the soil there is nothing but sand. 在這層土壤下邊只有沙子。
(2)不定式:A cold-blooded animal has no choice but to lie down and sleep. 冷血動物別無選擇,只好躺下來睡覺。(注:這種句型中的不定式通常要帶to;但當其前面的動詞是do,或只有情態動詞時,but後面的不定式要省去to。例如:
He did nothing but sleep all day long. 他什麼也不幹,成天睡覺。
I can but obey it.(= I can do nothing but obey it.)我只能服從。
再如:
Politeness costs nothing but wins everything. 這是一句諺語,意為彬彬有禮,惠而不費,或者理解為和氣生財。