but
美 [bət]英 [bət]
- conj.而；然而；只有；尽管如此
- prep.除了；除…之外
- adv.只有；仅仅
- n.借口；托辞
- v.对(某人)讲“但是”(以示反对,拒绝等)
复数：buts
butbut
1.而；相反used to introduce a word or phrase that contrasts with what was said before
2.然而；尽管如此however; despite this
3.（表示歉意时说）used when you are saying sorry about sth
4.（引出下文，表示吃惊、生气或不同意）used to introduce a statement that shows that you are surprised or annoyed, or that you disagree
5.除…外；只有except
6.（重复字词前用，加强语气）used before repeating a word in order to emphasize it
7.（强调一贯真实）used to emphasize that sth is always true
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but for
倘若没有；若非；要不是if it were not for
but then (again)
然而；另一方面however; on the other hand
you cannot/could not but…
只有；除…之外别无可能used to show that everything else is impossible except the thing that you are saying
1
I'd like to say that this is the best of all timer classes, but that would be misleading.
我愿意说这是所有定时器类中最好的一个，但这会引起误导。
2
"Hai Bao" in the name easy to sing, but also, and his body color echoes, in line with the principles of Chinese folk auspicious title.
“海宝”的名字朗朗上口，也和他身体的色彩呼应，符合中国民俗的吉祥称谓原则。
3
and yet we escaped with nothing but a few scrapes.
我们却生还了，虽然身上有几处擦伤
4
There's a study some of you think you know about, but very few people have ever read the story.
有一项研究，你们其中一些人可能以为自己知道，但极少数人读过这个故事。
5
It's very badly swollen. It's probably just bruise, but it could be broken. So I'm going to ask you to the hospital for an X-Ray.
这儿肿的厉害，可能只是擦伤，也可能骨折了，所以我打算让你去医院照个X光片。
6
It might sound very obvious, but how much you enjoy your trip will depend on your choice of travelling companion.
虽然这有点老生常谈，但你在旅游中享受乐趣的程度将取决于你所选择的旅伴。
7
In his journey there was no appearance of flight, but he was fleeing, and four days afterward he was on the Zenith train.
一路上并没有赶忙的表现，但是他归心似箭，四天之后，他已坐在去泽尼斯的火车上。
8
Rescuers said the injured were taken to a nearby part of the hospital, but fortunately the injury is not serious, not life threatening.
救援人员称，部分伤者被送往附近医院治疗，好在伤势都不太严重，没有生命危险。
9
He said the company had more than 100 employees, but he declined to comment further.
他说这家公司有100多名员工，但拒绝透露更多信息。
10
But he said being comfortable and predictable by recording the same kind of music is not the place for rock music.
但他又说，如果用心安理得的、可预期的方式录制同一类型的歌曲，这不是摇滚乐。
11
The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of theory but is a practical question.
人的思维是否具有客观的真理性，这不是一个理论的问题，而是一个实践的问题。
12
He did not want, he would not, he was unwilling, but he said not.
他不想，他不愿意，他不情愿，可是他说了不算。
13
She worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage that she was earning could only be stretched so far.
她在医院里上夜班，赚来的那点可怜的工资也不仅能养家糊口而已。
14
But she must make sure that this will not harm her by consulting a specialized physician.
但她咨询专业医师确定这不会对她造成伤害。
15
He had been a tea merchant for a little longer, but he had soon tired of that.
他卖过一段时间茶叶，可是他对此很快就感到厌倦了。
16
But there's never been a particularly easy method for sharing those databases and doing something really useful with them.
但是却没有一个真正特别简单的办法让他们来分享这些数据库，以及对这数据库有一些真正的运用。
17
If he looked down from space today he might no longer see just the lights of our cities but the many lights of fishing boats.
如果现在他从太空往下看，看到的也许不再只是我们城市的万家灯火。还会看到渔船的点点灯光。
18
A game on the face of it doesn't seem to do a lot, but the key gameplay fixes and changes create a domino effect on the rest of the product.
这是一个表面上不需要做很多改动的版本，但关键的修复和改进会产生多米诺效应。
19
Harry Reid might have been born in a town with no telephone, but he still hopes to start a dynasty.
哈利·里德可以出身于连电话都没有的小镇上，但，他依然可以期盼，开创自己的王朝。
20
since the Stone Age, but I've only had to endure two years of servitude.
从石器时代就开始了而我刚做了两年的苦役
21
We might seem to be carrying excess supplies but they would be necessary in the case of an emergency.
看上去我们所带的东西多了些，但情况紧急时，它们会派上用场。
22
Assessment of mobility for research purposes can be made using special apparatus but clinical assessment is usually subjective.
以研究为目的的流动性评估，可使用的特殊仪器，但临床评估通常是主观的。
23
Hollinghurst knew he would one day have to confront the subject, but wanted to do so on his own terms.
霍林赫斯特知道自己终有一天会面对这个主题，但他希望以自己的方式来描述它。
24
He was found hanged June 4 in Bangkok in a reported case of autoerotic asphyxiation, but that's not all that needs explaining.
他被报道于6月4日因自慰而在曼谷窒息死亡，并且这还不是需要解释的全部。
25
He told me that he remembered it the other day, but he said he forgot it the next day.
就在前一天他还对我说他记得这件事，第二天他就说忘了
26
But for the MidAm, it was revolutionary because no one would understand that you could balance your risk with a lot of volume.
但是中美商品交易所是一个创新，因为没人知道你可以依靠很大的成交量平衡风险。
27
But if it were all so easy, why are we not all swallowing glasses of worm eggs at breakfast?
不过如果真这么容易，为什么我们不把早餐食谱里加多一玻璃杯虫卵呢？
28
The essence of financial accounting is one of research foundation of accounting theory, but it still had not been resolved.
财务会计本质是会计理论研究的基础之一，但该问题至今依然没有解决。
29
He needs to kill her, but maybe some part of him believes he can save her from the dark side.
他需要杀了她，不过也许他心里的某个部分相信他能把她从黑暗面拯救出来。
30
220 does not, so only certain cameras can use it, but the lack of paper allows the roll to hold more film, twice as much to be exact.
220卷则不然，只有某些机型可以使用，但因为没有衬纸，卷轴就能承载更多胶片，大约要多出两倍。