| 釋義 |
but2 /bat; bat; strong form: bAt; bAt/ conj 1 (coordinating): (對等用法)： Tom was not there but his brother was. 湯姆下住那兒，但足他的哥哥(弟弟)在那兒。 We tried to do it but couldn't 我們試著做，但是做不到。 He's a hardworking but not very intelligent boy. 他是個用功但不很聽明的孩子。 2 (subordinating, with a neg implication): (附屬用法, 有否定含義)： I never go past my old school but I think (-without thinking) of Mr Wilkins, the headmaster. 每當(dāng)我走過我的母校時，我都想起校長威節(jié)金斯先生。 No man is so old but he may learn. No man is too old to learn. 沒有人因為太老而不能再學(xué)新的專物(活到老學(xué)到老)。 Never a month passes but she writes (= in which she does not write) to her old parents. 她沒有一個月不給她年老的雙親寫信。 |