詞彙精選：anything but的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
phr.
除…以外任何事；根本不，絕不
例句：
Dick seldom talks of anything but music.
迪克很少談及除音樂以外的任何事。
例句：
His behavior is anything but satisfactory.
他的行爲根本不能令人滿意。
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：
Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
凡是愛虛榮的人只聽得進讚美的話。
The bridge is anything but safe.
那座橋根本不安全。
His behavior is anything but satisfactory.
他的行爲根本不能令人滿意。
But those captured were anything but terrorists.
但那些被逮捕的人根本不是恐怖分子。
He didn't speak anything but Greek.
他只會說希臘語。
He's anything but an abject coward.
他決不是可鄙的懦夫。
Do you ever do anything but yack?
你除了嘮嘮叨叨還會幹嗎？
I will eat anything but carrot.
我什麼都吃，就是不吃胡蘿蔔。
Dick seldom talks of anything but music.
迪克很少談及除音樂以外的任何事。
She is anything but a beauty.
她一點也不漂亮。
