nothing but/ anything but/ everything but 用法

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nothing but…….僅有；只有

Paul knows nothing but the truth.

保羅只知道真相。除了真相之外，其他都不知道。

Give Paul anything but the truth.

給保羅任何東西，但不要真相。

Paul will know everything but the truth.

除了真相，保羅其他都知道。

nothing but 只有；只是= only = just = no more than = nothing more than

Nothing but 後面可接三種型態的動詞，Nothing 前面的動詞與but後面的動詞要對等，因此but後面的動詞VR，V-ing或To VR 是由nothing 前面的動詞形態決定

Judy did nothing but cry. Judy 什麼也沒做就只會哭。

We enjoy nothing but singing. 我們只喜歡唱歌。

James thinks of nothing but making money. James只想賺錢。

She desired nothing but to marry a rich man. 她只想嫁有錢人。

anything but常與be搭配使用，與not at all意義相近。

He was anything but a hero.他根本不是什麼英雄。

=He is not a hero at all.　

anything but…翻譯成除了……之外什麼都是（行，可以）

I enjoy drinking anything but milk. 除了牛奶我什麼都喜歡喝。

【區別】nothing but 後面可接名詞和代詞，譯為“僅僅；只不過”。

She eats nothing but apples. 她僅以蘋果為食。

He is nothing but a child. 他只不過是個孩子。

Judy played nothing but video games. Judy 只玩電動遊戲。

everything but the kitchen sink意思是用盡一切手段，或者盡其所能地。

幾乎全部東西；過多的東西。

She’s only going on a vacation, but she arrived with everything but the kitchen sink. 她只是要度假, 可是她把全部的東西都帶來了。