not but

• 不是 ... 而是 ...

not but的用法和样例：

例句

1. I can not but tell him the truth.
   我不得不告诉他实情。
2. I can 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。
3. He's never walked that far, not but that he could do it if he tried.
   虽然他若试试能走到，但他从未走过那么远。
4. He could not but look up to the sky and sigh deeply when his lifetime of frustrations passed through his mind.
   想起自己坎坷的一生，他不由仰天长叹。

词汇搭配

• not but 不是 ... 而是 ...
• last but not least 最后但并不是最不重要...
• not only ... but 不仅 ... 而且...
• not ... but 不是 ... 而是...
• not but what 虽然(虽则)
• not but that 并非不
• not that…but that… 不是(因为)…而是(...
• not only ... but also 不但 ... 而且...