几个不定代词的固定搭配: have none of: 不参加;不准;不接受 I will have none of your stupid ideas! 我才不接受你那愚蠢的想法! He was offered a job but he said he’d have none of it. 他有一个工作机会,但他说他不接受。 none but (=nothing but): 只有 (=only) None but the brave deserves the fair. 只有英雄才配得上美人。 She chose none but the best. 她只选最好的。 She is nothing but a child. 她只不过是个孩子。 none other than: (表示惊讶)不是别人,正是…… (= no one else but) It’s none other than Tom! We thought you were in Africa. none the 比较级词 for: 毫不,一点也不 He spent 2 weeks in hospital but he’s none the better for it. 他在医院里待了两个星期,但一点也没好转。 My car is none the worse for wear. 我的车子一点也没有损耗。 none the wiser: 不知情 If we take only one piece of cake, mother will be none the wiser. 如果我们只拿一小块蛋糕,母亲是不会知道的。 none too: (在形容词或副词前) 不太;一点都不 The service in this restaurant is none too fast. 这家旅馆的服务一点效率都没有。 anything but: ①除---之外什么都(此处的but等于except)②决不(=not at all) I eat anything but (except) fish. 除了鱼,我什么都吃。 She is anything but a good cook. 她决不是个好厨师。(即:除了好厨师,她什么都是。) anything of: ①(疑问句/条件句)一点点;②(否定句)一点也(没有) Is he anything of a poet? 他有一点点诗人的样子吗? I haven’t seen anything of him lately. 最近我没有见过他。 for anything: (否定句)(给什么都)不,决不 I won’t go there for anything. 我决不去那里。 or anything: (意味着还有其他的可能性) If Bernard wants to call me or anything, I’ll be here all day. 如果伯纳德要找我或什么的,我整天都会在这儿。 if anything: 若有任何不同的话 If anything, my new job is harder than my old one. 要说有什么不同的话,我的新工作反而比旧工作要难些。 or something: 或什么的(表示说话者不能肯定) She is a stewardess or something. 她是空姐或什么的。 something like: 有点像,大约 An airship is shaped something like a cigar. 飞船的形状有点像雪茄。 something of a...: 多少有点,有几分像,略懂 he’s something of a book collector. 他有几分像书籍收藏家。 something to / in: (叙述等)有些道理 There’s something to / in what you say. I’ll take your advice. 你说的有些道理,我会接受你的建议 have / be something to do with: 与……有关 I think Guy Fawkes had / was something to do with a plan to blow up the bridge. 我想盖佛克跟图谋炸毁桥梁有关。 nothing but (= none but = only): 仅仅,只不过 We could see nothing but fog. 除了雾之外我们什么也看不见。 for nothing: ①免费的; ②徒劳的; ③无缘无故的 She got the ticket for nothing. 她免费得到那张票。 All our preparation for nothing! No one’s even come to the party. 我们为宴会所作的准备都白费了! 连一个人都没来。 They quarreled for nothing. 他们无缘无故地争吵。 make nothing of: (常和can一起用)不理解;不重视,轻视 (= think nothing of) I could make nothing of the passage. 我不理解这篇文章。 He makes / thinks nothing of working ten hours a day. 他不在乎一天工作十小时。 to say nothing of: 更不用说(= not to mention / without mentioning) Three people were badly hurt, to say nothing of damage to the building. 三个人受了重伤,建筑物的损害更不用说了。 have nothing to do with: 与……无关 I have nothing to do with the accident. 我与这场事故无关。 nothing if not: 格外地;非常地 (= very / much / extremely) He was nothing if not clever. (= He was very clever.) 他格外聪明。 nothing of: 无……的部分;无……的气质 There was nothing of the lady in her behavior. 她的举止根本没有淑女的气质。 区别: all but 几乎,差一点,除……以外其余都是 but for要不是 but that 从句:若不是…… 例1:She all but fainted when she heard the news. 译文:她听到这一消息时几乎晕倒了。 注:此句中a11 but意为nearly,almost。 试对比: All but the little children thought that the trip was exciting. 译文:除了小孩,大家都认为这次旅行是激动人心的。 此句中all but意为a11 except。 例2:But for the rain we should have a pleasant journey. 译文:要不是下雨,我们的旅行本来是愉快的。 例3:He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time. 译文:若不是他那时缺钱,他是会帮助我们的。 注 1).but that引导的从句中谓语用陈述语气。 2).but that有灵活的译法。 如:Nothing would satisfy that child but that I place her on my lap.(那孩子什么都不要,只要我把她抱在怀里。)