一个人在荒废的屋子里,他很专心的进行研究工作并没有感到任何孤独anything but =not, never
nothing but=only
anything but 表示绝不,根本不,除此之外别的都是。后面可以接名词,代词,形容词,分词及不带to的不定式。
EX:
He is anything but a teacher. 他决不是一个老师。(后接名词)
I'll do anything but that. 我决不干那件事。(后接代词)
I was anything but happy about going. 我一点也不愿意去。(后接形容词)
Your mother bears anything but receiving the news.听到这个消息你母亲会受不了的。(后接分词)
We will do anything but wait. 我们决不能等待。(后接不定式)
nothing but表示“只是,只有,只不过,除……而外,什么也没有”。用法与anything but一样。