涉及no,only…but,also…的部分倒装

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篇一：

not only but also

< br>的用法

(

史上最全最详细

)

Not only

…

but also

是英语中 较为常见的一个关联词组。由于它的用法比较复杂，本文拟对

其用法及其使用中应注意的 问题作一归纳。

一、主要用法

1

．连接主语：

Not only I but also Tom and Mary are fond of watching television.

不仅我，而且汤姆和玛丽都喜欢看电视。

2

．连接谓语动词

The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number

of social customs.

英国人和美国人不但语言相同，而且有很多相同的风俗习惯。

注意

not only

…

but also

连接的动 词一般不重复，

这与汉语不同。

如汉语说

“我不仅懂英语，

而且懂俄语”

，英语则说“

I know not only English but also Russian

”

，而不说“

I not only know

English but also know Rus sian

”

.

再如：

< br>“气体不仅改变形状，而且改变体积”

，英译为“

A gas

changes not only in shape but also in volume.

”

（注意介词常重复）

3

．连接宾语：

The problem for the recipient was trying to guess not only who the sender was, but also what

his secret feelings might be.

收信人不仅要尽力猜出是谁的，

还要推测寄信人内心有什么想法。

4

．连接宾语补足语：

Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.

浅色和鲜艳的颜色不但

使人看了高兴 ，也会使人更加活泼。

5

．连接表语：

Shakespeare was not only a writer but (also) an actor

莎 士比亚不仅是一位剧作家，

而且是一

位演员。

< br>

6

．连接状语：

If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not merely pleasantly but

thank fully.

如果低你的朋友善意地指明出你的缺点，

你不但 要欣然接受，

而且要心怀感激之

情。

7

．连接从句：

He didn

’

t let us off the hook until we had proved not only that we knew what an organism was

but also that we had the fortitude to stand up for the truth.

直到 我们证明了我们不仅知道什么

是生物体，而且具有坚持真理的不屈不挠精神时，他这才放 过我们。

8

．连接定语：

Man has become master not only of the sky but also of the space.

人类不但征服了天空，而且

征服了太空。

9

．连接句子：

I not only heard it, but (also) I saw it.

我不仅听到、

而且看到了它。

Not only

…

but also

连接

句子时

, not only

可以置于句首表示强调

,

这 时第一分句要采用倒装结构。例如：

Not only has he a first-class brain but also he is a tremendously hard worker.

他不仅有着头等

聪明的脑子，而且工作很能吃苦。

Not only had the poor man been arrested but he had been sent to prison as well.

这个可怜的人

不仅被逮捕， 而且被投进监狱。

Not only do the professors have their own ideas on the matter, but the students have theirs too.

对这件事不仅教授们有自己的看法，学生们也有自己的想法。< /p>

10

．用于

it is

…

that

强调结构

It

is

not

only

the

scientist

and

the

physician

who

need

a

long

special

training

now,

but

the

computer expert, the accountant, and the business manager.

现在，不仅科学家和医生需要长期

的专门训练，计算机专家、会计师和企业经理也需要这种训练。

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

我们不但

要对我们 所做的事负责，而且要对我们没有去做的事负责。

二、

not only

…

but

的省略及其变体

1

．

Not only

…

but also

中的

also

可以省略。有人认为该句型所连接的第二部分最高级形容< /p>

词或它所表示的范围、程度、影响等超过第一部分时，常将

als o

省略。例如：

He was not only a successful writer but (also) the greatest poet of his time.

他不仅是一位成功

的作家，而且是他那个 时代最伟大的诗人。

He is famous not only in China but (also) in the whole world.

他不仅闻名中国，而且闻名全

球。

Not only do they suffer less pain than most women in labor, but the town boasts an unusually

low rate of infant mortality.

这不仅使她们比大多数产妇受 痛苦，而且使城市婴儿死亡率大大

降低。

only

…

but also

句型一般 只省略

also,

但在连接句子时，

有 时也可见到省略

but

甚至

but

also

的情形。例如：

Not only was I tired, I was also cold.

我不光困倦，

还感到很冷 。

（省去了

but

）

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George not only made an important friend, he also learned about the frontier.

（省去了

but

）

Since moisture is needed for rain, dry air in the morning not only allows the spider to get an early

start, is also means a dry day.

有了湿度才会下雨，因此，早晨空气干燥不仅使蜘蛛早点开始

结网，而且意味着 这一天不会下雨。

（省去了

but

）< /p>

Not only bas she been an excellent wife, she has been a better husband than I

’

ll never be.

她不仅是一个极其出色的妻子，而且是 一个我永远也做不到的好丈夫。

（省去了

but also

）

Not only were there no traces of drinking water in the room, there was not sufficient water found

in the dead star

’

s stomach to have comfortably taken the tablets with.

不仅房 内没有饮用水的痕

迹，在这位已故影星的胃里也没发现有把这些药丸舒适地送下去的水。 省去了

but also)

3. not only

…

but a lso

的形式比较固定，但也会出现

but

与

also

被分隔开来的情形。例如：

Not only the mother but the children are also sick.

Not only is his right lung affected but his left lung is al so.

他不但右肺被感染，而且左肺也被

感染了。

only A but also B

的替代式常见的还有

not only A but B

…

as well, not only A but B too,

not merely A but also B, not just A but also B, not

…

alone

…

but

等。例如：

Not only my mother was unhappy, but Mary, too.

不但我妈妈不高兴，玛丽也不高兴。

In jurisprudence it is a well-known principle that justice should not merely be done but should

also be seen to be done.