1 not because...but that... 的用法

It is not because the government has the power, but that it has the obligation to ensure the country’s sustainable development.

请教老师,not because… but that… 不是……而是……的用法对吗?和它近似的句型是 not because … but because…,两者也可以互换。 此句中but 是连词。

是这样吗?谢谢老师。


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最佳答案 2018-11-28 10:09

刘老师归纳得很好。not because...but because = not that...but that = not because ...but that

新课标高中英语《必修四》Unit 3中有这样一个句子:Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! 句中的not that“并不是……;倒不是……”,是一个常见的省略句式,其完整形式是“It is not that Charlie’s own life was easy!”,that引导表语从句。在实际运用中,后面还常接“but that...”,but后的that可以省略。例如:

Not that your cell-phone is out of work, but (that) it's out of power. 你的手机并不是坏了,而是没电了。

Not that he didn’t hear you, but (that) he wouldn't answer you. 他不是没有听见,而是不想回答你。

▲ not that..., but that也常表示原因(=not because..., but because)。例如:

I didn’t accompany you to the Great Wall, not that I was unwilling but that I was busy. 我没陪你去长城,不是因为我不愿意,而是因为我很忙。


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刘永科   - 教育出版集团英语总顾问 & 英语系列图书主编
擅长:语法理论,语言学,文化背景

It is not because the government has the power, but that it has the obligation to ensure the country’s sustainable development.

【翻译】这不是因为政府有权力,而是因为它有义务确保国家的可持续发展。

“(某事的发生)不是因为......,而是因为......”的意义,在非正式英语,通常可以使用如下几种表达:

1. It/This is not becasue..., but because...

2. It/This is not that..., but that...

3. It/This is not becasue..., but that...

以上格式中,主语使用代词,指代前文提到的某件事情,because或that都是引导“表语从句”。not...but...,表示“取舍关系”。


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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

It is not because the government has the power, but (it is省略)that it has the obligation to ensure the country’s sustainable development.

(1)because/that引导表语从句

(2)not...but...表示不是而是

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