高考英语实用短语 but for
释义:
but for 要不是;如果没有
例句:
He would have played but for a knee injury.
他要不是膝部有伤的话,就上场了。
Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
学生们过去发挥了重要的作用,但现在,他们不再重要了。
There's still another ten minutes of the game to go, but for practical purposes it's already over.
比赛虽然还有十分钟,但实际上等于已经结束了。
He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him.
他试图说话,但这一次,他已说不出声。
Victims want to see justice done not just for themselves, but for the greater good of society.
受害者们希望看到正义得到伸张,这不仅是为了他们自己, 也是为了社会更大的利益。
I am but an archangel; but for him I should be pope!
我不过是个大天使;要不是他,我就当教皇了!
I'd have been lost but for you.
要不是你,我就走迷路了。
We wouldn't have been there but for him.
要不是他,我们就不会到那里去了。
The story of comb would not be worthy of mention, but for a closely related word, no one today associates with it.
梳子的故事不值一提,要不是有一个与它密切相关的词,如今没人会联想到它。
Said she, "but for flesh and blood."
她说:“而是为了血和肉。”