马上要考的知识点；即使没有考，作文里主动秀一把，也是妥妥滴高分：

1.anything but 形容词

绝不，决不；根本不definitely not

The problem is anything but easy.

这个问题一点也不简单。

The hotel was anything but cheap.

这家旅馆根本不便宜。

It wasn't cheap. Anything but.

它不便宜。绝对不。

I will be anything but quiet on Saturday night!...

星期六的晚上我根本静不下心来！

The actress' laugh in the play was anything but natural.

在那出戏中那个女演员笑得极不自然。

They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift. 在银幕外，他们彼此一点也不友好，甚至不愿同乘一部电梯。

I was anything but happy about going.

我一点也不愿意离开。

Life is anything but predictable.

世事难料。（生活是不可预测的。）

2. .anything but 名词

A, 绝不，决不；根本不（多用于肯定句）He was anything but a hero.他绝不是英雄。

He was anything but a fool.他根本不是一个傻瓜。

She is anything but a beauty.

她一点也不漂亮。

But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder ．

但雪莉·安要证明她不是昙花一现。

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B.只有（能）……；除了……都不可以；只（多用于否定句）

My doctor won’t let me drink anything but champagne.

我的医生只让我喝香槟。（除了香槟之外，我的医生不让我喝人喝酒。）

He didn't speak anything but Greek

他只会说希腊语。

You don't care about anything but yourself and your precious face.

你什么都不关心，除了你自己和你那张娇贵的脸。

I can eat anything but eggs

我什么都可以吃除了蛋。

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.

Karl Popper

那些许诺我们人间天堂的人除了地狱什么都没有搞出来。

卡尔·波普尔

Life too is precious to waste - to spend on anything but the best.

Dexter Scott King

生命宝贵不能虚度，只能花在追求最美好的东西上。

德克斯特·斯科特·金

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