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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔AMOUNT〕Instead of paying him a regular pension, they gave him a lump sum when he retired. 他们不是定期给他养老金，而是在他退休时一次付了他一笔钱。朗文写作活用〔DISAGREE〕Rather than be in continual conflict with his boss, Bruce moved to another job. 布鲁斯并未没完没了地跟老板争执，而是换了一份工作。朗文写作活用〔EFFECT/AFFECT〕Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made. 埃德的父母从来不试图去改变他，而是对他所作的决定很满意。朗文写作活用〔HARM〕Fortunately the knife missed me and landed harmlessly on the floor. 幸好小刀没有扎在我身上，而是安全地落到了地板上。朗文写作活用〔Lamaze〕Relating to or being a method of childbirth in which the expectant mother is prepared psychologically and physically to give birth without the use of drugs.心理助产法的：与一种生孩子方法有关的或这种方法的，在该法中怀孕的母亲不借助麻醉药而是在心理和身体上作充分的准备美国传统〔PURPOSE〕The police opened the package and found not a bomb, but a wallet meant to be someone's gift. 警方打开包裹，看到的不是炸弹而是一个皮夹子，该是某人的礼物。朗文写作活用〔SELL〕The buyer did not attend the auction, but sent a representative to place the bids. 买主没有出席拍卖会，而是派了一名代理人来出价。朗文写作活用〔USELESS〕The goal is not to punish the rebels, but to convince them that it is futile to resist. 目的不是要惩罚叛乱分子，而是要让他们确信反抗是徒劳的。朗文写作活用〔afraid〕I'm not afraid for me, but for the baby.我担心的不是自己，而是婴儿。牛津高阶〔ahead〕Instead of turning left, he drove straight ahead towards the river.他没有左转，而是径直向前开往河边。麦克米伦高阶〔antithesis〕This is not democratic. It is the antithesis of democracy.这不民主，而是民主的对立面。朗文当代〔assaultive〕He was not just mad, he was assaultive and on the verge of committing murder.他不仅仅疯了,而是狂暴到要杀人的地步。英汉大词典〔baby〕I didn't use baby talk with my children, but used proper words right from the start.从一开始对孩子讲话我就没有用儿语，而是用正常的话语。牛津搭配〔backwater〕Far from being a cultural backwater, this city was a vibrant music centre.这个城市根本不是个文化落后的地区, 而是个充满活力的音乐中心。外研社新世纪〔be〕The question is not what to do but how to do it.问题不是该做什么而是该如何去做。文馨英汉〔but〕His death was not a tragedy, but a release from pain and suffering.他的死不是悲剧，而是从疼痛和痛苦中的一种解脱。麦克米伦高阶〔but〕We must not complain about the problem, but (= instead we must) help to put it right.我们不应该抱怨问题，而是应该帮助解决问题。剑桥高阶〔calm〕She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.她感到的不是害怕，而是一种死寂。牛津搭配〔ceremony〕He doesn't stand on ceremony, he gets the job done.他不讲客套，而是把事情办好。韦氏高阶〔chip away at〕Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority.叛乱分子并不打算明目张胆地发动政变，而是想要逐渐削弱她的权力。柯林斯高阶〔circuitous〕Roy employs a circuitous narrative so that events emerge elliptically and out of chronological sequence.罗伊采取了一种迂回的叙事方式, 故事情节不是按照时间顺序而是跳跃性地展开的。外研社新世纪〔cold shoulder〕It's not the cold shoulder, but there isn't much enthusiasm.并非有意表示冷漠, 而是确实没有太多热情。外研社新世纪〔confined〕Mothers today are not confined for long but soon after confinement are up and about.现在妈妈们坐月子的时间不长,而是产后很快就起床走动。英汉大词典〔daydream〕Instead of studying, he spent the afternoon daydreaming about his vacation.一下午他都没好好学习，而是幻想着自己的假期。韦氏高阶〔disbelief〕I felt disbelief first of all, then outrage.我开始是不相信，继而是愤怒。牛津搭配〔discursive〕This type of work will tend to be less concentrated and more discursive and declamatory.这种作品往往会不那么凝练, 而是更加不着边际、更加夸夸其谈。外研社新世纪〔disc〕I don't have that recording on vinyl, but I have it on disc.我没有把那份录音录在黑胶唱片上，而是录在了CD上。韦氏高阶〔distinguish〕It's not the beauty so much as the range of his voice that distinguishes him from other tenors.他与其他男高音大不相同，并非因为他那华美的声音，而是他宽广的音域。剑桥高阶〔extemporize〕The violinist was extemporizing instead of following the score.小提琴手不按照乐谱而是即兴演奏。英汉大词典〔far〕Computers, far from destroying jobs, can create employment.计算机远非破坏就业，而是能创造就业。牛津高阶〔fatality〕The question is not the fatality of a disease, but quality of life of the sufferer.问题不是疾病的致命性, 而是患者的生命质量。外研社新世纪〔fighting〕Instead of retaliating, he walks away leaving his team-mates to fight it out.他没有以牙还牙，而是径直走开，让队友去争出个结果。柯林斯高阶〔fling about〕I wish the children would stop flinging their clothes about,but put them away tidily.但愿孩子们不再乱扔衣服，而是把它们整齐地存放起来。21世纪英汉〔flipping〕You seem to think you're in a flipping hotel, not in a hospital.你以为自己不是在医院而是在住他妈的旅馆吧!英汉大词典〔giver〕It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart.打动受礼人心的并不是礼物,而是赠送礼物的人。英汉大词典〔glory〕He does not glory in his past successes and looks forward to achieving more.他没有陶醉于过去的成功，而是期望取得更大的成就。柯林斯高阶〔go ahead〕Instead of waiting for approval, they just went ahead and started working on the project.他们并非坐等批准，而是直接走在前面，开始着手做那个项目了。韦氏高阶〔graze〕Instead of harvesting wheat at a loss, they plan to graze cattle on their fields.他们不再去亏本种小麦了,而是打算在自己田里牧牛。英汉大词典〔heroics〕America's present need is not heroics, but calm diplomacy.美国当前需要的不是逞英雄，而是冷静的外交。朗文当代〔hold〕Why didn't you tell me at once, instead of holding out on me? 为什么你不马上告诉我而是瞒着我? 英汉大词典〔in-between〕He was neither liberal nor conservative but fell somewhere in-between.他既不是自由派也不是保守派,而是介于两者之间的中间派。英汉大词典〔incidental〕Information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.信息技术在该课程中并不是附带的，而是核心内容。麦克米伦高阶〔indirect〕She would not say yes or no, but gave an indirect answer to my question.她既不肯说是,也不肯说不是,而是给我一个转弯抹角的回答。英汉大词典〔instead〕They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量。柯林斯高阶〔intelligent〕We were successful not because we were quick-witted but because we persevered.我们之所以成功不是因为我们机智，而是因为我们坚韧不拔。美国传统〔invincible〕The main thing about the duke and duchess wasn't their duplicity, but their invincible stupidity.公爵和公爵夫人的主要问题不是口是心非, 而是无可救药的愚蠢。外研社新世纪〔living〕It's not a great job, but it's a living.这不是什么了不起的工作，而是谋生之道。朗文当代〔manslaughter〕A judge accepted her plea that she was guilty of manslaughter, not murder.她申诉说自己并非蓄意谋杀，而是过失杀人，法官接受了她的申诉。柯林斯高阶〔merchandising〕Most of the movie's earnings came from merchandising and not ticket sales.这部电影的大部分收入不是靠票房而是靠附带产品的销售。韦氏高阶〔mickey mouse〕He settled for a Mickey Mouse job instead of something challenging.他没有去做具有挑战性的事情, 而是将就着接受了一份微不足道的工作。外研社新世纪〔mill〕Ted was no run of the mill entrepreneur but an inventor with a fierce pride in his company.特德并不是一个普普通通的企业家, 而是一位对自己的公司有着高度自豪感的创造者。外研社新世纪〔mince〕She didn't mince matters—she just told him he was useless.她说话没有转弯抹角,而是直说他这人一无是处。英汉大词典〔noblesse oblige〕They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.他们这样做并未打算进一步获利，而是出于一种义不容辞的贵族责任感。柯林斯高阶〔not〕He has his place in the Asian team not because he is white but because he is good.他在这支亚洲球队中占有一席之地，不是因为他是白人，而是因为他确实出色。柯林斯高阶〔obscenity〕He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.他坚称这些照片不是艺术, 而是色情。外研社新世纪〔offend〕Some music offends, rather than pleases, the ear.有些音乐不是悦耳动听,而是刺耳。英汉大词典〔peculiar〕The Inns of Court are not included in any church parish, being extra-parochial peculiars.伦敦四大律师学院不属于任何堂区, 而是独立于堂区以外的特殊教会。外研社新世纪〔piecemeal〕Instead of the government's piecemeal approach, what is needed is a radical shake-up of 16-19 education.需要的不是政府零敲碎打的措施，而是要对16至19岁年龄段的教育进行彻底变革。柯林斯高阶〔practically〕The British are not famed for their philosophy and tend to be more practically minded.英国人不是以其哲学思想闻名，而是往往更注重实际。柯林斯高阶〔pure democracy〕A democracy in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than being exercised through their representatives.纯粹民主：一种不通过代表而是由全民直接行使管理权的民主形式美国传统〔rather than〕I chose to sing rather than play an instrument.我没有演奏乐器，而是唱了首歌。韦氏高阶〔rather than〕Rather than continue the argument, she walked away.她没有继续争辩，而是走开了。韦氏高阶〔rather〕The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.墙面不是白的，而是灰不溜秋的。牛津高阶〔real〕These adjectives are compared as they mean not imaginary but having verifiable existence.当这些形容词意为非想象的而是能证实存在的时，常把它们进行比较。美国传统〔rebate〕A rebate is distinguished from a discount in that the former is not taken out or deducted in advance but is handed back after payment of the full amount.部分退款与折扣有别,区别在于前者并非先行扣除而是在全数付清后退还。英汉大词典〔regression〕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。柯林斯高阶〔religious〕Yoga is essentially religious and not just physical.从本质上来讲，瑜伽并不仅仅与身体有关，而是具有宗教性质。牛津搭配〔reply〕He made no reply, but simply walked away.他没答话，而是径直走开了。牛津搭配〔resort〕He got hold of the money legally, without resort to violence.他没有采取暴力手段，而是通过合法途径拿到了这笔钱。剑桥高阶〔return to〕He returned to football not as a player but as a coach.他重回球场时已经不是球员而是教练了。韦氏高阶〔sober〕Instead of becoming angry, he sat quietly at his desk, as sober as a judge.他并没有发怒,而是不声不响地坐在书桌前,十分镇定严肃。英汉大词典〔speak〕The singer speaks the last verse instead of singing it.歌手没有演唱歌词的最后部分而是说了出来。韦氏高阶〔speculate〕Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices.大农场主迁入并不为耕种, 而是抬高土地价格, 做投机买卖。外研社新世纪〔split infinitive〕What is "split" here is not an infinitivebut a prepositional phrase.这里的“分裂”不是不定式，而是一个前置短语美国传统〔strictly〕Strictly speaking, it is not one house at all, but three houses joined together.确切地说, 那根本就不是一幢房, 而是三幢房连在一起。外研社新世纪〔strict〕Strictly speaking, it is not one house at all, but three houses joined together.严格来说，这根本不是一间房子，而是三间房子连在一起。柯林斯高阶〔tedium〕Soldiers often say that the worst thing about fighting is not the moments of terror, but all the hours of tedium in between.士兵们常说，打仗最糟糕的不是感到恐惧的时刻，而是打仗间歇漫长而无聊的时光。剑桥高阶〔tell〕I'm not asking you, I'm telling you! 我不是在请求你，而是在命令你！麦克米伦高阶〔theory〕My theory about divorce is that it's not the split-up that damages children, it's how it is handled.我对离婚的看法是，伤害孩子的不是婚姻的破裂，而是处理离婚的方式。柯林斯高阶〔toggle〕Instead of buttons, the jacket has toggles.这件夹克用的不是一般的纽扣而是棒形纽扣。韦氏高阶〔too〕It's not that we work too much but too little.我们不是干得太多,而是干得太少了。英汉大词典〔unholy〕She protested that it wasn't traditional jazz, but an unholy row.她抗议说那根本不是传统爵士乐, 而是令人憎恶的噪音。外研社新世纪〔value judgment〕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。柯林斯高阶〔wrong〕There are huge numbers of wrong paintings on the market, not strictly fakes.市场上有着大量严格说来并非赝品而是弄错了作者的绘画。英汉大词典Dr Carey said that evangelicalism tended to distrust critical scholarship, preferring to cling to traditional interpretations of the Bible.凯里博士说福音主义倾向于不信任批判性学术研究，而是爱紧守传统的圣经释义。剑桥国际Each side in the religious conflict believed that it had been sanctified by the grace of God.宗教纷争的双方都相信自己受到上帝的恩典因而是圣洁的。剑桥国际He never reads reviews but follows his nose to find the best new literary talent.他从不看评论，而是靠直觉来发现新的最佳文学天才。剑桥国际He refused to travel at the expense of the company and paid for the trip himself. 他不肯由公司出钱供他旅行，而是自己付了旅费。译典通It wasn't me who offered to go, it was him.并不是我说要去的，而是他。剑桥国际It's not the beauty so much as the range of his voice that distinguishes him from other tenors.不是他音色美丽，而是他音域宽广，使他有别于其他的男高音。剑桥国际Much modern furniture is not solid but uses a sandwich of wood veneer on plywood. 许多现代家具用的并非实心木料，而是在胶合板上镶上一层木板饰面而已。译典通Museums should not just cater for the latest fashion, but have more long-term aims.博物馆不应只顺应最新时尚，而是要有更加长远的目标。剑桥国际New evidence shows that she did not sign the confession of her own free will, but was coerced into it by police officers.新的证据表明，她不是自愿在招供书上签字，而是被警官逼迫的。剑桥国际Reading is not picked up by a process of osmosis, but needs to be taught.阅读不是在潜移默化的过程中学会的，而是需要教会的。剑桥国际Research shows that it is not divorce per se that harms children, but the continuing conflict between parents.调查表明，对孩子有害的不是离婚本身，而是父母间继续的矛盾。剑桥国际Second-generation e-learning no longer just provides information, but instead forces the student to make choices and decisions.第二代网络教学系统已经不再是仅仅提供信息，而是迫使学生作出选择和决定。牛津商务That is not, properly speaking, a dictionary, but a grammar. 严格说来；那不是一本词典，而是一本语法书。译典通The success of the project wasn't due to one person—it was a corporate effort.这项目的成功不是因为某个人，而是大家共同努力的结果。牛津商务They managed to squeeze under the fence and get into the festival without paying.他们没付钱，而是从篱笆下挤入了庆祝会场。剑桥国际They went around the town, not through it. 他们没有穿过而是绕过该镇而行。译典通 |
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