詞彙精選：none but的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
phr.
只有
例句：
None but the aged and the sick stayed at home.
只有年老和生病的人在家。
例句：
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
貪婪之徒，與世無益，尤害自身。
二、詞義辨析：
anything but,nothing but,all but,none but
這些短語均由代詞加前置詞but(除開)構成，但含義各不相同。anything but(=not at all,by no means,never)表示“決不，根本不”。nothing but(=only)表示“只不過，除了……以外什麼也沒有”。all but(=almost,nearly)表示“幾乎，差一點”。none but(=no one except)表示“只有；除……外誰也不”。
三、參考例句：
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserves the fair.
唯有英雄可以配美人。
None but himself can be his parallel.
一個人除了他自己，沒有任何一個人是和他相類似的。
None but the aged and the sick stayed at home.
只有年老和生病的人在家。
The gimmick would convince none but the most credulous.
這個花招除了最易輕信的人之外誰也騙不了。
None but the brave can live with the fair.
唯有勇者能與美人共處。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
貪婪的人對別人毫無好處，對自己卻壞處更大。
As a top manager, he should appoint none but people on their merit.
作爲一位總經理，他應該任人爲賢。
As a general manager, he should appoint none but people on their merits.
作爲總經理，他應該任人唯賢。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
唯有良好教養的人才知道如何承認缺點和錯誤。（Benjamin Franklin/富蘭克林）
