高三英语第一轮复习主要进行的是单词的积累和语法的全面掌握,在上课课文学习和课后阅读练习中不断巩固抓牢,为后面的做题演练大幅度提分打基础。 新东方网高考频道整理高考英语常考词汇用法及高考英语语法,帮助大家分小节记忆。 but for
该短语介词意为“要不是……”,后接名词(=without + n.),but for…短语相当于一个虚拟条件句,因此,句中谓语动词用虚拟语气。如:
The boy would have drowned but for your help.
如果接的是句子,but for要换用成but that… 如:
He would have helped us but that he was short of money at the time.(= if it had not been the fact that he was…)