您要查找的是不是:
- 不是(n) blame or fault
- "把雨衣带好,天好像要下雨。" "下雨又有什么关系?我又不是纸做的。""Take you mac. It looks as if it's going to rain." "What if it does? I'm not made of paper."
- 而不是instead of
- 困扰我的不是他的工作,而是他的态度。It's not his work that bothers me; it's his attitude.
- "正确的思想不是头脑中固有的,而是来源于社会实践。""Correct ideas are not innate in the mind, but come from social practice."
- "你父亲还好吗?" "还不是老样子。""How is your father?" "Much the same(as he was)."
- 我们应该注意的,不是过去十年或十五年或二十年的历史,而是我们在这些地区做得够不够?That's what should concern us, not the history of ten or fifteen or twenty years ago, but are we doing enough in these areas?
- 我们要的不是附和夸奖的人,而是能帮我们改进机构的人We want someone not just to cheerlead but to help us revamp our organization.
- "他业务上的失败不是由于遇到了厄运,而是由于他自己的过错。""He failed in business not because of misfortune, but because of his own error."
- 我们的鞋好卖不是因为价钱低而是因为质量好。It is not price but quality that sells our shoes.
- 相反,我不是要她忘记,而是要她记住。Per contra I don't ask her to forget but to remember.
- 搬进来的不是格雷厄姆,而是彼得。Instead of Graham, it was Peter who moved in.
- 我们不是没有人才,而是被按住了。We do have talented people who have been stifled.
- 我并不是永久雇员,而是根据定期合同在此工作的。I'm not a permanent employee; I'm working here on a fixed-term contract.
- 严格地说,那不是一本字典,而是一本语法书。That is not, properly speaking, a dictionary but a grammar book.
- 他不是承认错误,而是在企图掩饰自己对这次延误应承担的责任。He was trying to smooth over his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
- 不是人们缺乏兴趣,而是他们对一切都很好奇。Not that the people are apathetic, for they are curious about everything.
- “比宝”不是龙王向龙王比,而是乞丐向龙王比,未免滑稽。A "contest of treasures" not between Dragon Kings but between a Dragon King and a beggar would be rather ludicrous.
- 他们被吸引到教会来不是因为对上帝的虔诚,而是由于好奇。They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.
- 安妮:这还不是一般的不容易,而是难度很大。Annie: It is not ordinarily difficult. It is very difficult.