表示转折或对比

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  1) but表示转折,while表示对比。

  Some people love cats, while others hate them.

  典型例题

  --- Would you like to come to dinner tonight?

  --- I'd like to, ___ I'm too busy.

  A. and  B. so  C. as  D. but

  答案D。but与前面形成转折,符合语意。而表并列的and, 结果的so,原因的as都不符合句意。

  2) not…but… 意思为"不是……而是……"

  not 和but 后面的用词要遵循一致原则。

  They were not the bones of an animal, but of a human being.