not only…but的省略及其变体

学习啦在线学习网not only…but的省略及其变体

　　not only...but also 是英语中常见的一对连词, 相当中文的“不仅……而且”。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。
　　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词或它所表示的范围、程度、影响等超过第一部分时，常将also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。

学习啦在线学习网 　　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。

　　2.not 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：

学习啦在线学习网 　　Not only was I tired, I was also cold.我不光困倦， 还感到很冷。(省去了but)

　　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)

　　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 also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 also.他不但右肺被感染，而且左肺也被感染了。

　　4.not 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。

学习啦在线学习网 　　In jurisprudence it is a well-known principle that justice should not merely be done but should also be seen to be done.在法理学方面，人所共知的原则是：对受害者不仅应当公正对待，而且应当让人们看到他得到了公正的对待。

学习啦在线学习网 　　Not just the people of our nation, but all the people of the world have profited from his work.不仅我们国家的人民，而且全世界所有的人民，都从他的研究工作中得到了好处。

学习啦在线学习网 　　Not poets alone, nor artists, nor that superior order of mind which arrogates to itself all refinement, feel this, but dogs and all men.不仅诗人，艺术家以及那些自命不凡、思想杰出的人觉得如此，连狗和普通人也有同感。