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单词 but for
释义

but for

1Except for: I walked along Broadway, deserted but for the occasional cab...
  • It’s All Good (but for the playing of the games).
  • In the end, there's not much here but for the pulp entertainment value.
  • High pastures rise, bare but for a wedge of trees, and redshanks swooped in quickly to the rushes by our feet.
1.1If it were not for: the game could be over but for you...
  • He could have added to his test figures but for an apparent indiscretion with alcohol.
  • Our ancestors said we would not know the summer from the winter but for the leaves on their trees.
  • Clapton would have snatched a draw but for another late goal from never-say-die Dorking.

Synonyms

if it were not for, were it not for, except for, without, barring, notwithstanding
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