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adverb, conjunction, preposition strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/
But can be used in the following ways: but 有以下用法
As a conjunction (connecting two phrases or clauses): 用作连词（连接两个短语或分句）: She's 83 but she still goes swimming every day. 她已83岁了，但还每天游泳。
As a way of starting a new sentence and connecting it to the previous sentence: 用于新句子开头，将其与上一句连接起来: It was in Cairo that he met Nadia. But that's another story. 他是在开罗遇见纳迪亚的。但那是另一回事了。
As a preposition (followed by a noun): 用作介词（后接名词）: There's been nothing but trouble since he came. 自从他来之后除了麻烦就没有别的。
As an adverb: 用作副词: We can but hope that things will improve. 我们只能希望情况会好转。
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    used for joining two ideas or statements when the second one is different from the first one, or seems surprising after the first one 但是；可是；然而

    We're making good progress, but we've still got a long way to go. 我们正在取得可喜的进展，但我们还有很长的路要走。

    Anna's a highly intelligent girl, but she's rather lazy. 安娜是个非常聪明的女孩，但是她相当懒惰。

    a simple but effective way of filtering water 过滤水的简单而有效的方法

    What we are about to do is perfectly legal. But please don't discuss it with anyone. 我们要做的事完全合法。但请不要与任何人讨论这件事。

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      used after a negative for introducing what is true instead （用于否定句后引入正确的陈述）而（是）

      His death was not a tragedy, but a release from pain and suffering. 他的死不是悲剧，而是从疼痛和痛苦中的一种解脱。

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    mainly spoken used when you are saying that you should not talk any more about a subject that you have just mentioned 但是（用于表示不再详述刚提过的话题）

    It was a very complicated operation. But I don't want to bore you with all the details.

    There's also the question of how we're going to pay for this, but we can discuss that some other time. 还有我们将如何支付的问题，但我们可以另外找时间来商谈这一点。

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    spoken used after expressions such as ‘I'm sorry' and ‘excuse me' to introduce a polite question, request, or statement （用于I’m sorry， excuse me 等表达法中来引导有礼貌的提问、请求或陈述）

    Excuse me, but is there a post office around here? 对不起，请问这附近有邮局吗？

    I'm sorry, but all our operators are busy at the moment. 对不起，我们所有的接线员现在都很忙。

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    used especially after words such as ‘nothing', ‘everyone', or ‘anything' to mean ‘except' 除了（尤用于nothing, everyone, anything 等单词后）

    She does nothing but grumble all day long. 她整天除了抱怨什么也不做。

    I refuse to discuss my medical history with anyone but Dr Grant. 除了格兰特医生，我拒绝与任何人讨论我的病史。

    There's no alternative but to scrap the whole plan and start again. 除了废弃整个计划重新开始之外，别无选择。

     Synonyms and related words
    Only, except and not including: only, except, excluding...
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    formal only 只；仅仅

    We can but guess at the extent of the problem. 我们只能猜测问题的程度。

    Several Japanese companies already operate in the UK – Nissan, Honda, Fujitsu, to name but a few. 几家日本公司已经在英国开展业务了，日产公司、本田公司、富士通公司，仅仅列举几家。

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    spoken used when you are replying to someone and expressing surprise, disagreement, or annoyance （用于回答，表示惊讶、反对或恼怒）

    ‘I've decided to resign.' ‘But why?' “我决定辞职了。”“为什么呢？”

    But you promised not to do anything without asking me first. 可是你答应过做任何事情之前先问我的。

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    formal used after negative statements for saying that something does not happen without something else happening or being true （用于否定句后表示如果另一件事不发生某事就不会发生）

    I never take a bath but the phone rings or someone knocks at the door. 我每次洗澡时总会有电话或有人敲门。

See also
  • if
but
noun /bʌt/

phrase

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