不是而是英文

不是而是的英语短语，在平时的英语写作中是相当常用的。下面是我给大家整理的不是而是英语短语，供大家参阅!

1. He would not answer yes or no, but beat around the bush.

他不直接回答是或不是, 而是兜圈子.

2. Maggie: No, it had been sent on to London by mistake.

玛吉: 不是, 而是误送了去伦敦.

3. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.--Zig Ziglar

决定你人生高度的，不是你的才能，而是你的态度。

4. It's not about making the amazing saves. It's the little things and small things that made great gatekeepers great.

伟大的门将不是靠神奇的扑救成就，而是靠注重小事和细节成功。(Tim Howard美国国家队门将)

5. The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.

这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。

6. The slow-worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.

蛇蜥其实不是蛇，而是无脚的蜥蜴。

7. What we need is not manifestos of pious intentions, but real action.

我们需要的不是善意但难以实现的宣言，而是实际行动。

8. Such countries are not "developing" at all, but regressing.

这些国家根本不是在“发展中”，而是在倒退。

9. The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages.

你所控制的这些人不是客人，而是人质。

10. I see myself not as a cynic but as a realist.

我觉得自己不是一个愤世嫉俗的人，而是一个现实主义者。

11. Life gets better not by chance, but by change.

生活变得美好，不是偶然，而是我们努力改变的结果。

12. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.--George Bernard Shaw

生活不是发现你自己，而是创造你自己!

13. In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

最终，重要的不是活了多少年，而是这些年你怎么活。(林肯)

14. The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.--Socrates

做出改变的秘诀不是多么努力地和过去做斗争，而是全力以赴地去打造全新的自己。

15. That isn't a value judgement, it's a fact.

那不是一个价值判断，而是一个事实。

1. "Will it happen again?"— 'I hope not. but you never know.'

“这事还会再发生吗?”——“但愿不会，但谁知道呢。”

2. She could not but congratulate him.

她只能祝贺他。

3. He is extremely strong — not but that he will catch cold at times.

虽然他特别健壮,可是有时也会感冒.

4. A poet could not but be gay in such a jocund company.

一个诗人在这种兴高采烈的同伴中自然而然地会快乐.

5. After the fire swallowed his cottage , the old man could not but feel utterly bereft.

在一场大火吞噬了他的草屋之后, 老人唯一的感觉就是他已经一无所有了.

6. I cannot do it; not but what a younger man might be able to do it.

我不能做, 但也许年轻一点的人能做.

7. Overcome with admiration, he could not but imitate them.

他企羡之余, 不免模仿.

8. I cannot do it, not but that a stronger man might.

不能做, 但并不是说比我强的人也不能做.

9. I cannot do it not but that a stronger might.

我干不了这件事,虽然不能说比我强的人也干不了.

10. I could 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.

11. I could not but smile to hear her talk in this lofty strain.

我听她这样的大口气禁不住笑了.

12. She could not but think indeed that Mr. Crawford might as well have saved him trouble.

她只是觉得克劳福特先生完全可以代他效劳.

13. Though you knew he was perfectly worthless you could not but enjoy his company.

尽管你明知这个人一钱不值,你还是情不自禁地喜欢和他在一起.

14. The boy is very healthy -- not but that he will catch colds sometimes.

这男孩很健康 -- 虽然有时候也感冒.

15. Since the time of shipment can not be fixed, I can not but worry about it.

交货期还没定下来, 我怎么会不着急呢?

You should get your harp, sir; not but what a fiddle is best.

你应该把你的竖琴拿来，先生;不拿竖琴，最好还是拿小提琴。

No matter where you live you’re not but a 90 minute drive from the ocean.

无论你住在新西兰哪里，到大海的车程都不会超过90分钟。

Not but what this is a very good tex for rural districts... Ah - there's a nice bit of blank wall up by that barn standing to waste.

不过在乡下这些地方，这也是很好的话了……啊——那儿谷仓的墙上有一块很好的地方还没有写字，浪费了。

We may not accept their answers and it's very likely that we do not but their questions are oftenput with a kind of unrivaled clarity and insight.

我们可能不接受他们的解答,我们可能接受才怪,但他们的问题常隐含一种,无敌的清晰与独到见解。

I'll never know if I was drugged or not but I didn't have any of the after-effects you would expect.

我永远不会知道自己有没有被下药，不过我确实没有任何被下药后应有的副作用。

I can't do it, not but that younger man might be able to do it.

尽管岁数比我小的人或许能做到，我却做不到。

I later sat with two woman at a brunch who were talking about online dating, and one had tried itand the other had not but was considering it.

那次我坐在两个正在吃早餐的妇女旁边，她们正在谈论网络约会，并且其中一个已经尝试过了，而另一个还没有但正在考虑尝试。

In these conditions, created by dictatorship, the vocabulary of revolt could not but concentrateon dictatorship—and its downfall—in a political discourse, and no more.

在独裁创造的这些境况下，在政治话语中，起义的语汇只能集中于独裁——以及独裁下台——没有更多。

It was cool but not cold. I could not but admit that it was a most pleasant and comfortablemoment.

清凉的水缓缓流过脚面，凉而不冰，我方才觉得这是极为舒美、惬意的时刻。

Whilst 55% said they did spy on their children, 40% said they did not but the remaining 5% saidthey would do if they knew how.

55%的父母称自己的确窥探过孩子的隐私，40%的人说没有这么做过，其余5%的人说，如果他们知道如何窥探孩子隐私的话，他们也会那么做。

Silence – Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

惜言——除非对他人或自己有益，否则不要开口;避免闲扯。

He could not but laugh to see the sight.

看到这些情景，他不由自主地笑了起来。

You may believe me or not but it really works.

也许你不信，但是的确有效。

To accomplish first-class businesses, he can not but abdicate happiness, travels,entertainments,love and hatred, quarrels, arguments and clarifications.

为了完成第一流的事，他必须放弃或减少凡夫俗子的快乐、交游、娱乐、爱恨、争执、答辩与澄清。

We can not but allow you 200 cases since inquiries are so large.

我们只能给你们200箱因为询盘很多。

not...but

以下三个短语都可以：1）not...but...如：Not you but I am right.2) ...instead of...如：I went out instead of staying at home last night.3) ...rather than...如：I am a teacher rather than a student.

可以用 not ... but...；如：He is not my brother but my friend = 他不是我的弟弟，而是我的朋友。

It is not ……but……that