not only, but also 的几种常见的变体形式：
1. not only的变体形式：
常见的变体有not just, notmerely, not simply, not solely 等。
(1) Such workis not just devalued in that country,its nature is widely misunderstood. 这种工作在那个国家不但被贬低，而且工作的性质也被许多人误解。
(2) There isnot merely concision in these lines but also elegance. 这些台词写得不仅简洁，而且优雅。
(3) Not simplydid he teach school,but he wrote novels. 他不仅教书，也写小说。
(4) This novelis not solely suitable for us in studying modern fiction but can also be usedin the teaching. 这本小说不但适合我们研究现代小说，而且能用于教学。
2. but also 的变体形式：
a: 省去 also，只留 but；
b: 省去 but，只留also；
c: but...aswell；
d: but also 全部省略。
(1) Scarlettquaked lest she and Frank lose not only their freedom but the house, the storeand mill. 斯佳丽害怕得发科，惟恐她与弗兰克不仅会失去自由，而且还会失去房屋、商店及锯木厂。
(2) She's notonly an excellent housewife also a first class mathematician. 她不仅是一个出色的家庭主妇，而且是一位一流的数学家。
(3) Not onlydoes he write the words to the songs, but he composes the music as well. 他不仅给歌曲写词，也谱曲。
(4) Such achange would improve not only his social image but his health as well. 这样的变化不仅会提高他的社会形象，而且会改善他的健康。
(5) Not onlydid I hear the car, I actually saw it crash. 我不仅听见了车的声音，而且还亲眼看见了那辆车撞坏了。
(6) I not onlyhad received a title of the doughnuts lady, I had become a landmark where thekids waited for their bus. 我不仅荣膺圈饼女士的称号，而且我也成为一座孩子们在那儿等车的路标。
转自《中学外语教与学》2003年第5 期