词汇精选：none but的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
phr.
只有
例句：
None but the aged and the sick stayed at home.
只有年老和生病的人在家。
例句：
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
贪婪之徒，与世无益，尤害自身。
二、词义辨析：
anything but,nothing but,all but,none but
这些短语均由代词加前置词but(除开)构成，但含义各不相同。anything but(=not at all,by no means,never)表示“决不，根本不”。nothing but(=only)表示“只不过，除了……以外什么也没有”。all but(=almost,nearly)表示“几乎，差一点”。none but(=no one except)表示“只有；除……外谁也不”。
三、参考例句：
None but the brave deserve the fair.
唯有英雄配美人。
None but the brave deserves the fair.
唯有英雄可以配美人。
None but himself can be his parallel.
一个人除了他自己，没有任何一个人是和他相类似的。
None but the aged and the sick stayed at home.
只有年老和生病的人在家。
The gimmick would convince none but the most credulous.
这个花招除了最易轻信的人之外谁也骗不了。
None but the brave can live with the fair.
唯有勇者能与美人共处。
A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。
As a top manager, he should appoint none but people on their merit.
作为一位总经理，他应该任人为贤。
As a general manager, he should appoint none but people on their merits.
作为总经理，他应该任人唯贤。
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.
唯有良好教养的人才知道如何承认缺点和错误。（Benjamin Franklin/富兰克林）
