第1个回答 2012-03-05
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“not only … but also …”是一个并列连词词组，其意思基本等于“both … and …”，但侧重点放在“but also”上，另外该词组使用时须遵守一定的规则，如要求对称，倒装及主谓一致等。以下两个句子往往被看作是欠妥或错误的：
1. *Sitting up late last night,Tom not only read the assignment but also many poems by his favourite poet.
2. *Not only the students but also the teacher were invited.
上述两句第一句欠妥，第二句是错误的，应分别改为：1. Sitting up late last night,Tom read not only the assignment but also many poems by his favourite poet. 昨晚汤姆熬至深夜，不仅看了课外作业，而且读了他最喜欢的一位诗人的许多诗歌。 2. Not only the students but also the teacher was invited. 不仅学生们被邀请，而且那位教师也被邀请了。 下面就来谈谈正确使用该词组时须注意的几点事项及其常见的几种变体形式。
一、使用not only … but also … 时须注意的几点：
1. not only与but also后面所连接的词的词性必须对等：
(1) Frankin was considered not only an inventor,but also a statesman. 富兰克林不仅被看作发明家，而且被看作政治家。
(2) The nurse was not only competent but also kind. 这位护士不仅能干而且亲切和蔼。 (3) They not only broke into his office and stole his books,but also tore up his manuscripts. 他们不仅闯进他的办公室，偷走了他的书，而且还撕掉了他的手稿。
(4) Not only you but also she has to attend the ceremony. 不令你而且她也得参加典礼。
(5) In production,we should always keep an eye not only on quantity but also on quality. 在生产中，我们不仅要关注数量，而且要关注质量。
(6) They completed the project not only punctually but also perfectly. 他们不仅准时完成工程，而且完成得很出色。 2. not only只能连用，而but also既可连用，也可分开用： a. He speaks not only English,but also French. 他不仅说英语，还说法语。 b. Television is not only boring,but it also wastes a lot of time. 电视不仅乏味，而且还浪费许多时间。 c. She was not only compelled to stay at home,but she was also forbidden to see her friends. 她不仅被强迫蹲在家中，而且被禁止去看朋友。 3.谓语动词的数应与but also后主语的数保持一致： Not only you but also Mr Zhang teaches in this college. 不仅你，张老师也在此学院教书。
4. not only放在句首，后接句子时要用倒装结构：
(1) Not only should proletarians emancipate themselves but also the whole mankind. 无产者不仅要解放他们自己，而且要解放全人类。
(2) Not only does television appeal to those who can read but to those who can't. 电视不仅吸引阅读的人，而且也吸引了不会阅读的人。
(3) Not only was everything Albert Einstain had taken away but also his citizenship was deprived of. 爱因斯坦的财产不仅被掳掠一空，而且他的德国国籍也被剥夺了。
(4) Not only had the poor man been fined,but also he had been sent to prison. 这个可怜的人不仅被罚款，而且还被送进了监狱。 二、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,not merely,not simply,not solely等。
(1) Such work is 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 is not merely concision in these lines but also elegance. 这些台词写得不仅乘法，而且优雅。
(3) Not simply did he teach school,but he wrote novels. 他不仅教书，也写小说。
(4) This novel is not solely suitable for us in studying modern fiction but can also be used in 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…as well；d: but also全部省略。
(1) Scarlett quaked lest she and Frank lose not only their freedom but the house,the store and mill. 斯佳丽害怕得发抖，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 not only 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 only does 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 a change 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 only did 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。赞同52| 评论(1)
第2个回答 2012-03-10
not only…but also是英语中较为常见的一个关联词组。本文对它用法及其使用中应注意的问题作一归纳。
一、主要用法
1、连接主语
Not only I but also Tom and Mary are fond of watching television.
不仅我，而且汤姆和玛丽都喜欢看电视。
由于not only... but also...句式的重点在but also 后面的内容上，所以谓语动词一般根据but also 后的名词决定单复数。但是也有学者认为，not only...but aslo 是并列结构，在意义上是复数。所以，也可以说：
Not only she but (also) her brother like playing the piano.
2、连接谓语动词
The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs.
英国人和美国人不但语言相同，而且有很多相同的风俗习惯。
注意：not only…but also连接的动词一般不重复，这与汉语不同。例如：汉语说“我不仅懂英语，而且懂俄语”，英语则说“I know not only English but also Russian”，而不说“I not only know English but also know Russian”.再如：“气体不仅改变形状，而且改变体积”，英译为“A gas changes not only in shape but also in volume.”
3、连接宾语
The problem for the recipient was trying to guess not only who the sender was, but also what his secret feelings might be.
收信人不仅要尽力猜出是谁的，还要推测寄信人内心有什么想法。
4、连接宾语补足语
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.
浅色和鲜艳的颜色不但使人看了高兴，也会使人更加活泼。
5、连接表语
Shakespeare was not only a writer but (also) an actor
莎士比亚不仅是一位剧作家，而且是一位演员。
6、连接状语
If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not merely pleasantly but thank fully.
如果低你的朋友善意地指明出你的缺点，你不但要欣然接受，而且要心怀感激之情。
7、连接从句
He didn’t let us off the hook until we had proved not only that we knew what an organism was but also that we had the fortitude to stand up for the truth.
直到我们证明了我们不仅知道什么是生物体，而且具有坚持真理的不屈不挠精神时，他这才放过我们。
8、连接定语
Man has become master not only of the sky but also of the space.
人类不但征服了天空，而且征服了太空。
9、连接句子
I not only heard it, but (also) I saw it.
我不仅听到、而且看到了它。
注意：not only 放在句首表示强调时, 该句要采用倒装结构。例如：
Not only has he a first-class brain but also he is a tremendously hard worker.
他不仅有着头等聪明的脑子，而且工作很能吃苦。
Not only had the poor man been arrested but he had been sent to prison as well.
这个可怜的人不仅被逮捕，而且被投进监狱。
Not only do the professors have their own ideas on the matter, but the students have theirs too.
对这件事不仅教授们有自己的看法，学生们也有自己的想法。
10、用于 it is…that/who 强调结构
It is not only the scientist and the physician who need a long special training now, but the computer expert, the accountant, and the business manager.
现在，不仅科学家和医生需要长期的专门训练，计算机专家、会计师和企业经理也需要这种训练。
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
我们不但要对我们所做的事负责，而且要对我们没有去做的事负责。本回答被提问者采纳