词组 | not because …, but because(not that …, but that) |
释义 | not because …, but because : not that …, but that-707 表达一正一反的原因加以对比,两者可以通用;表达一正一反的判断或目的加以对比,则只能使用 not that … but that. 不能使用 not because …, but because 。 例如: I didn't support them, not because I was unwilling , but because I was unable to do so. 我没有支持他们,不是因为我不愿意,而是因为我无能为力。 Not that I dislike the work, but that I am unequal to it. 不是我不喜欢这项工作,而是我力不从心。 比较: Not that I love music less, but that I love painting more. 不是我不大喜欢音乐,而是我更喜欢绘画。(既可表达原因) Not that they came to laugh at us, but that they came to welcome us. 他们不是来嘲笑我们,而是来欢迎我们。(又可表达判断) |
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