2 but并列前置修饰语和后置修饰语

In fact, prices are not the most important factor in choosing schools especially if you have the chance to send your children in a relatively small university but of good quality.

这里的but的词性我有两种猜测:

第一个猜测:but是并列连词,并列前置修饰语relatively small和后置修饰语of good quality,但并列连词可以这样用吗,我在此之前从未见过可以这样并列的,这是我第一次见。

第二个猜测:but是转折副词,修饰介词of,但我翻过各大权威词典,里面but作为副词的含义都是“仅仅,只有”,并没有转折的意义。

请问but作为副词只有“仅仅,只有”的含义吗?

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最佳答案 2022-04-02 22:19

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应该按照并列连词来看待。副词是不合句义的。

Collins: but, conjunction;You use “but” to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just saidor to introduce something which adds to what you have just said. 

“but并列前置修饰语和后置修饰语”,这说明你已经理解其结构和句义了。a relatively small but good-quality university,这么写可能很习惯,它就是把but good quality放到了被修饰词的后面,换成了个of介词短语来表达了而已,实际上二者表达的意思是一样的。a relatively small university but of good quality=a relatively small university but (a university) of good quality,这么分析应该也是可以的。

PS:Collins对but的其他词性的释义,简洁明了,我觉得逐条了解一下蛮好的:

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露西

but 在这句话中就是用作并列连词。but后承前文省略了university.

a relatively small university but a university of good quality

but用作副词的意思如下:

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