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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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[b^t]
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1.
conjunction
(yet，however) 但是
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I'd love to come, but I'm busy
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我想来，但是有事
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he may not be very bright, but he is hard-working
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他可能不是很聪明，但很努力
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but then
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不过
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she isn't English but American
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她不是英国人而是美国人
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enjoyable but tiring
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很开心但也很累
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not only ... but also
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不但…而且
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2.
conjunction
but that's far too expensive！ (showing disagreement，surprise etc) 但是那太贵了！
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but it does work!
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但那确实奏效！
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3.
preposition
(apart from，except) 除了
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nothing but
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仅仅
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anything but
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决不
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they've got no-one but themselves to blame
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他们只有责备自己
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who but ...?
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除了…还有谁？
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4.
adverb
(just，only) 只
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to name but two
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只提两个
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had I but known
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要是我知道的话
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I can but try
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我只能试一下
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you cannot (help) but be impressed
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你不能不产生深刻印象
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she's but a child
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她只不过是个孩子
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5.
adverb
but for (without) 若不是
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6.
adverb
(except for) 除了
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but for his help/him, we wouldn't have finished the job
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没有他的帮助/他，我们还没有完成工作呢
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the box was empty but for a small piece of paper
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除了一张小纸片外，盒子里空空如也
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- but
[bʌt]
[bət]
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adverb
只，仅仅
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Whichever way you looked there was nothing but calm black water.
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无论你用什么方法观看那里，你会发现，除了一潭死水，什么都没有。
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2.
conjunction
正相反，而是，却
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3.
conjunction
然而，不过，尽管如此
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4.
conjunction
而不
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5.
conjunction
（用来表示异议、高兴或吃惊）
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6.
conjunction
除……之外，此外
Collins English-English Dictionary
- but
[b^t]
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1.
conj
[coordinating]
contrary to expectation
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he cut his knee but didn't cry
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2.
conj
in contrast; on the contrary
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I like opera but my husband doesn't
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3.
conj
[usually used after a negative]
other than
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we can't do anything but wait
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4.
conj
[subordinating]
[usually used after a negative]
without it happening or being the case that
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we never go out but it rains
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5.
conj
[foll by that]
except that
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nothing is impossible but that we live forever
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6.
conj
[Archaic]
if not; unless
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7.
sentence connector
[Spoken]
used to introduce an exclamation
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my, but you're nice
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8.
prep
except; save
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they saved all but one of the pigs
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9.
adv
just; merely; only
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he was but a child
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I can but try
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10.
adv
[Scot, Austral and NZ]
[Spoken]
though; however
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it's a rainy day: warm, but
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11.
n
an objection (esp in the phrase ifs and buts)
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12.
n
[Etymology]
Old English butan without, outside, except, from be by + utan out; related to Old Saxon biutan, Old High German biuzan
- but
[b^t]
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n
[Scot]
the outer room of a two-roomed cottage: usually the kitchen
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2.
adv
in or into the outer part (of a house) - Compare ben
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3.
adv
[Etymology]
C18: from but (adv) outside, hence, outer room; see but1
Examples
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In "John or Bob may go, but their sister may not.", "or" and "but" are disjunctive conjunctions.
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在“John or Bob may go, but their sister may not.”句中，“or”和“but”是转折(或分离)连接词。
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But there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal.
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但依然存在一个过渡区域，会出现也许是噪声但也可能是信号的令人捉摸不定的情况。
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Evidence clarifying a document but not deriving from the document itself is evidence aliunde.
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非源出文件本身的证据是旁证。
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Nobody came but me.
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除我外，没人来。
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He is a villain, but he has some virtues.
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他是个坏蛋，但他还有一些优点。
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It never rains but it pours.
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【谚语】不雨则已，一雨倾盆(指事情不发生则已，一旦发生便接踵而来)。
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