作者:城市网 来源:城市网学院 更新日期：2013-3-7
There be N and N
结构︰There+be+名词+and+名词
说明︰此句型意为“有各色各样的…”。<名词>通常用复数。
There's always weather and weather. 老是有各种各样的天气。
There are men and men. 有各式各样的男人。
There are actors and actors. 有各式各样的演员。
A + be …， and B …
结构︰主词1+be+…，and+主词2+（be）…
说明︰<主词>2之後的 be <动词>往往省略。
There midnight's all a glimmer and noon （is） a purple glow.
那儿午夜浮光微摇，中午紫光争耀。
His critics are many and his admirers （are） few. 他的批评者多，而赞美者少。
The girls are skating and the boys （are） watching. 这些女孩在溜冰，而这些男孩在观看。
It is true …， but …
结构︰It is true that…，but…
说明︰此句型意为“…是事实，但…”。but 前後所连接的部分或<子句>意义相反或成为对比。本<句型>与 though <子句>所表现的意思完全相同。也可用“Indeed （that） …， but …”。
It is true that these changes take a long time, but not as long as we might expect.
这些变化需要一些长的时间是事实，但不像我们所可能预期的那样久。
It is true that he stole the bicycle, but he is not so bad as you might think.
他偷脚踏车是事实，但他并不像你所想的那样坏。
It is true that he is rich, but he must know money is not everything.
他有钱是事实，但他必须知道钱不是一切。
It is true that Japan is a beautiful country, but its big cities are lately polluted.
日本的确是个美丽的国家，但最近日本的大都市已被污染。
Indeed he has a solemn face, but he is very humorous at heart.
他的确有一副严肃的脸孔，但内心却是很富幽默感。
no one … but …
结构︰no one/every/who/what…+but…
说明︰用在 no one，none，nobody，nothing，all，every，以及 who，what 等疑问词之後的 but 的含义是“除…而外”，是<连接词>，後接的<代名词>可用主格或受格。
No one replied but me. 除我而外没有人回答。
Nobody was late but you and me. 除了你我而外，没有人迟到。
Nothing but disaster would #e from such a plan.此一计划除了导致失败而外将一无所获。
He did nothing but eat and sleep all day. 他整天吃饭、睡觉，什麽事都不做。
It is nothing but a joke. 这不过是个笑话而已。
Mother thought of nothing but my #ing home. 母亲只想到我要回家的事。
All the boys but one are here. 除了一个而外男孩子全都到了。
Who but he would act such? 除了他还有谁会有这样的行为？
What should I find but an enormous spider! 我居然发现了一只巨大的蜘蛛！
Who should #e in but his first wife! 进来的居然是他的第一任太太！
… all but …
结构︰… all but …
说明︰後面跟<名词>，but 相当於 except，表“除了…以外都”。若後面跟<形容词>、<副词>、<动词>，则表“几乎”的意思。
He is the chairman of the #mittee in all but the name.
除了没挂名以外，实际上他就是委员会的主席。
All but the morning star have disappeared. 除掉金星以外其他的星星全都消失了。
The car all but ran over him. 车子几乎把他撵过去。
He was all but killed by the traffic accident. 他几乎死於车过。
… not … but …
结构︰主词+动词+not…but…
说明︰此句型意为“不是…而是…”。“not … but …”为对等<连接词片语>，可连接对等的单字、<片语>或<子句>;连接<主词>时，<动词>要随最近的<主词>做变化。
They will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
他们所受到的论断不是他们的肤色，而是他们的品格的内涵。
What I admire is not what you have, but what you are.
我所羡慕的不是你所拥有的东西，而是你的为人。
It is not your fault, but mine. 这不是你的过错，而是我的过错。
Not I but he is responsible for it. 不是我，而是他该负责任。
Not father but mother was present at the ceremony. 不是父亲而是母亲出席此一仪式。
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
不是我比较不喜欢凯撒，而是我更喜欢罗马。
He regarded me not as his friend, but as the best man for the job.
他并非把我当朋友，而是当最适合这工作者。
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