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ething like a cigar. 飛船的形狀有點像雪茄?! othing but (= none but = only): 僅僅,只不過 We could see nothing but fog. 除了霧之外我們什么也看不見?! ll our preparation for nothing! No one’s even e to the party. 我們?yōu)檠鐣鞯臏蕚涠及踪M了! 連一個人都沒來?! e makes / thinks nothing of working ten hours a day. 他不在乎一天工作十小時。非常地 (= very / much / extremely) He was nothing if not clever. (= He was very clever.) 他格外聰明?! ∽ⅲ捍司渲衋11 but意為nearly,almost?! ±?:He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time. 譯文:若不是他那時缺錢,他是會幫助我們的。)?! ?).but that有靈活的譯法?! 〈司渲衋ll but意為a11 except。無……的氣質(zhì) There was nothing of the lady in her behavior. 她的舉止根本沒有淑女的氣質(zhì)?! ave nothing to do with: 與……無關(guān) I have nothing to do with the accident. 我與這場事故無關(guān)?! ake nothing o