all but

all but 的定义

  1. Almost, nearly, as in I've all but finished the book. This expression was used by Andrew Marvell in “Thoughts in a Garden”: “Society is all but rude, To this delicious solitude.” [Late 1500s]

all but 近义词

all but

等同于 practically

all but

等同于 just about

all but

等同于 most

all but

等同于 nearly

all but

等同于 round

all but

等同于 almost

更多all but例句

  1. But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
  2. The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
  3. The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by Fortune it was dilapidated.
  4. This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.
  5. In that context, Sotto Sotto was one of the all-out survivors.
  6. He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.
  7. Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.
  8. English influence was all-powerful at Lisbon and the new envoy had not the talent to counteract it.
  9. When he first worked her she had the old bee-but boiler, 24 feet in diameter.
  10. Could the government of the country be now carried on upon principles that were all-powerful twenty—or even fewer—years ago?