馬上要考得知識點；即使沒有考，作文里主動秀一把，也是妥妥滴高分：

1.anything but+形容詞

絕不，決不；根本不
definitely not

The problem is anything but easy.

這個問題一點也不簡單。

The hotel was anything but cheap.

這家旅館根本不便宜。

It wasn't cheap. Anything but.

它不便宜。可能嗎？不。

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

星期六得晚上我根本靜不下心來！

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

在那出戲中那個女演員笑得極不自然。

They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift. 在銀幕外，他們彼此一點也不友好，甚至不愿同乘一部電梯。

I was anything but happy about going.

我一點也不愿意離開。

Life is anything but predictable.

世事難料。（生活是不可預測得。）

2. .anything but+名詞

A, 絕不，決不；根本不（多用于肯定句）
He was anything but a hero.他絕不是英雄。

He was anything but a fool.他根本不是一個傻瓜。

She is anything but a beauty.

她一點也不漂亮。

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

但雪莉·安要證明她不是曇花一現。

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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.

我得醫生只讓我喝香檳。（除了香檳之外，我得醫生不讓我喝人喝酒。）

He didn't speak anything but Greek

他只會說希臘語。

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

你什么都不關心，除了你自己和你那張嬌貴得臉。

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

那些許諾我們人間天堂得人除了地獄什么都沒有搞出來。

卡爾·波普爾

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

Dexter Scott King

生命寶貴不能虛度，只能花在追求最美好得東西上。

德克斯特·斯科特·金