but的中文翻譯是什麼意思

but

US/bət , bʌt/

UK/bət , bʌt/

conj. 但是，然而; 只有

prep. 除了

adv. 只有; 僅僅

n. 藉口; 推辭

but的柯林斯釋義

CONJ-COORD可是；但是；然而

You use but to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just said, or to introduce something which adds to what you have just said.

'You said you'd stay till tomorrow.' — 'I know, Bel, but I think I would rather go back.'...
“你說過你要呆到明天的。”——“我知道，貝爾，但我還是想回去。”
Place the saucepan over moderate heat until the cider is very hot but not boiling...
把燉鍋置於中火上加熱，直到蘋果酒變得很燙，但不要加熱到沸騰。

CONJ-COORD但是；不過

You use but when you are about to add something further in a discussion or to change the subject.

They need to recruit more people into the prison service. But another point I'd like to make is that many prisons were built in the nineteenth century.
監獄需要招募更多的工作人員。但我想補充一點，很多監獄都是在19世紀建造的。

CONJ-COORD（用於表示歉意）但是

You use but after you have made an excuse or apologized for what you are just about to say.

Please excuse me, but there is something I must say...
不好意思，但有些話我必須說。
I'm sorry, but it's nothing to do with you...
對不起，但是這跟你沒關係。

CONJ-COORD（引出下文，表示驚訝、難以置信、拒絕或抗議）但是，可是

You use but to introduce a reply to someone when you want to indicate surprise, disbelief, refusal, or protest.

'I don't think I should stay in this house' — 'But why?'...
“我覺得我不應該再呆在這所房子裡。”——“可是為什麼？”
'Somebody wants you on the telephone' — 'But no one knows I'm here!'
“有人打電話找你。”——“可沒有人知道我在這裡啊！”

PREP除了

But is used to mean 'except'.

Europe will be represented in all but two of the seven races...
除了兩項賽事之外，歐洲在其餘5項賽事中都有代表參加。
He didn't speak anything but Greek...
他只會說希臘語。

ADV僅僅;只;才

But is used to mean 'only'.

This is but one of the methods used to try and get alcoholics to give up drink.
這只是為讓那些酗酒者戒酒所嘗試的方法之一。
...Napoleon and Marie Antoinette, to name but two who had stayed in the great state rooms.
只提兩位在貴賓房住過的人，就是拿破崙和瑪麗·安託瓦妮特。

N-PLURAL藉口；託詞

You use buts in expressions like 'no buts' and 'ifs and buts' to refer to reasons someone gives for not doing something, especially when you do not think that they are good reasons.

'B-b-b-b-but' I stuttered. — 'Never mind the buts,' she ranted...
“但——但——但是”，我結結巴巴地說道。——“別跟我講那些‘但是’了。”她咆哮道。
He committed a crime, no ifs or buts about it.
他犯了罪，這是無可爭辯的。

PHRASE不得不；非…不可；必然

You use cannot but ,could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.

The pistol was positioned where I couldn't help but see it...
手槍放在我抬眼就能看見的地方。
She could not but congratulate him.
她只能祝賀他。

PHRASE倘沒有；要不是

You use but for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.

...the small square below, empty but for a delivery van and a clump of palm trees...
下面的小廣場空空蕩蕩,只有一輛送貨車和幾棵棕櫚樹
But for you, they might have given us the slip.
要不是你，我們可能已經被他們甩掉了。

PHRASE（表示與前面說過的話略有矛盾）不過，然而

You use but then or but then again before a remark which slightly contradicts what you have just said.

My husband spends hours in the bathroom, but then again so do I.
我丈夫常佔用浴室好幾個小時，不過我也是這樣。

PHRASE（表示前述事情並不奇怪）不過，但是

You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.

He was a fine young man, but then so had his father been...
他年輕有為，不過他父親也曾經是。
Sonia might not speak the English language well, but then who did?
索尼婭的英語也許說得不好，但誰又說得好呢？