not but

英 美
  • 不是...而是...
  • but conj.但是prep.除...以外adv.仅仅;只pron.无不
  • not adv.不;没有;并非
    1. I can not but tell him the truth.
      我不得不告诉他实情。
    2. I can not but be gay in such a jocund company.
      我和如此快乐的同伴在一起岂能不乐。
    3. He's never walked that far, not but that he could do it if he tried.
      虽然他若试试能走到,但他从未走过那么远。
    4. He could not but look up to the sky and sigh deeply when his lifetime of frustrations passed through his mind.
      想起自己坎坷的一生,他不由仰天长叹。