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
- "你父亲还好吗？" "还不是老样子。""How is your father?" "Much the same(as he was)."
- 是不是is or isn't
- "大多数人不是爱这样的聚会就是爱那样的聚会。" "噢，我可是对任何聚会都讨厌极了。""Most people favour one or the other party." "Well, I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch with either of them."
- 我第一眼就看出他不是一个值得信赖的人！I knew he wasn't trustworthy the minute I set eyes on him!
- 挣钱的多少不是衡量一个人成功的唯一标准。The amount of money one makes is not the only gauge of one's success.
- 如果幽默意味着应该拿它当真之时，那可不是开玩笑的事儿了。When humour means to be taken seriously,it's no joke.
- "你是不是等于通知我，你不久就要结婚了，先生？" "是的，那又怎样？""You have as good as informed me, sir, that you are going shortly to be married?" "Yes, what then?"
- 并不是人人都能在危急时刻保持镇定自若的。It's not everybody who can keep as cool as a cucumber in an emergency.
- 不经事先安排就发放信贷不是本公司的策略。It's not company policy to give credit without previous arrangement.
- 不是因为遇到大雪，他昨天已经回来了。He would come back yesterday if he was not been snowed in.
- 我建议你买一台DVD机而不是录像机。I would recommend that you buy a DVD player instead of a VCR.
- 他母亲察看他的面色看他是不是在讲真话。His mother scanned his face to see if he was telling the truth.
- 从眼前来看，这药可能疗效不是很大。In the short term, the medicine may not be very effective.
- 他并不是一个可以忍受当众侮辱的人。He was not a man to sit down with affront.
- 这不是公众假期，不会有浓厚的节日气氛。It is not a public holiday, and you will not see much festival spirit.
- 这不是件工作量大的活儿，需要增加它的工作量。It isn't a large piece of work, and needs fattening out.
- 价格不是唯一因素，你方也必须考虑到质量。Price is not the only factor; you have to take the quality into account.
