1、连接主语：

Not only I but also Tom and Mary are found of watching television.

不仅我，而且汤姆和玛丽都喜欢看电视。

由于not only A but also B 句式的重点在B上，所以谓语动词一般要与B保持人称和数的一致。

2、连接谓语：

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。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.”(注意介词常重复)

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，还要猜测寄信人的内心有什么想法。

4、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。

5、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。

6、连接状语：

If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not merely pleasantly but thankfully.

如果你的朋友善意的指明你的缺点，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 book until we had proved not only that we know what an organism was bur 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的精神时，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.

人类不仅征服了太空，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。

Not only…but also连接句子时，not only可以置于句首表示强调，这是第一分句要采用倒装结构。例如：

Not only has he a first-class brain but also he is a tremendously hard worker.

它不仅有着头等的头脑，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时期的专门训练，计算机专家、会计师和企业经理也需要这种训练。

二、not only…but的省略及其变体

1、not only…but also中的also可以省略。有人认为该句型所连接的第二部分最高级形容词或它所表示的范围、程度、影响等超过第一部分时，常将also省略。例如：

He was not only a successful writer but (also) the greatest poet of his time.

它不仅是一位成功的作家，而且还是他那个时代最伟大的诗人。

Not only do they suffer less pain than most women in labor, but the town boasts an unusually low rate of infant mortality.

这不仅使她们比大多数的妇女受痛苦，，而且是城市婴儿死亡率大大降低。

2、not only…but also句型一般只可以省略also，但在连接句子时，有时也可见到省略but甚至but also的情形。例如：

Not only was I tired, I was also cold.

我不光困倦，还感到很冷。(省去了but)

Since moisture is needed for rain, dry air in the morning not only allows the spider to get an early start, is also means a dry day.

有了湿度才会下雨，因此，早晨空气干燥不仅使蜘蛛早点开始结网，而且意味着这一天不会下雨。(省去了but)

Not only has she been an excellent wife, she has been a better husband than I’ll never be.

她不仅是一个极其出色的妻子，而且是一个我永远也做不到的好丈夫。(省去了but also)

3、not only…but also的形式比较固定，但也会出现but与also被分开的情形。例如：Not only the mother but the children are also sick.

Not only is his right lung affected but his left lung is also.

4、not only A but also B的替代式常见的还有not only a but B …as well, not only A but B too, not merely A but also B, not just A but also B, not…alone. ..but等。例如：

In jurisprudence it is a well-known principle that justice should not merely be done but should also be seen to be done.

在法理学方面，人所共知的原则是：对受害者不仅应该公正对待，而且应当让人们看到他得到了公正的对待。

Not poets alone, nor artists, nor that superior order of mind which arrogates to itself all refinement, feel this, but dogs and all men.

不仅使人，艺术家以及那些自命不凡、思想杰出的人觉得如此，连狗和普通人也有同感。

三、其他注意事项：

1、“not only A but also B”结构中的A和B通常是同等成分。由于同一成分常常由同一词类的词来担任，所以A 与B 常常也是同一词性，但是，也有A与B属于不同词性的情形。例如：“He is not only very clever, but also a very hard worker, and he likes to do everything well.”(他不但聪明，而且能下功夫。他喜欢把每件事都做得很好。)其中A是形容词，B是名词，但两者均在句中作表语，因此仍是正确的句子。然而，在“He not only plays the piano, but also the violin.”一句中，A是动词，B是名词，不是同一成分，因此语法学家认为此句有点欠妥，至少在书面语中就是如此。如改为“He plays not only the piano, but also the violin.”就无懈可击了，再看下面的例子：

The surprise grant not only enabled Dad to finish A&T, but to graduate first in his class.

这笔意外的奖学金不仅是我的父亲能读完农业和技术学院，而且毕业成绩名列榜首。

2、有人认为，not only…but also 不能用于否定句。汉语中用于否定句中的“不但…而且”在英语中要用as well as表示。如“不但我不想看戏，而且他也不想看戏”可译作“He, as well as I, doesn’t want to see the play. ”不过，这条规则也有例外，请看下面的例子:

Not only don’t I know the population of Nepal, I don’t know where in god’s world it is!

我不但不知道尼泊尔人口，而且连它究竟在哪里也不知道!

这个例句有几个共同点：都是连接否定分句，都是倒装句，都没有用but also。下面一例出自一位美国作家之手，所不同的是not only…but连接的是并列谓语，第一个动词是不定的，第二个动词则是肯定的：

Nonetheless, as he described Mary’s attitudes her accomplishments, he found himself wishing that she cared more about the police side of his life than she seemed to, that she might understand it as intimately, say, as the woman opposite him. But this motion seemed to him so disloyal to Mary that he not only did not articulate it, but at once tried to suppress it.

Notes

1  Upon reaching the top of the mountain, a feeling of happiness and a sense of achievement will be experienced.

The preposition upon here means 'at or immediately after the time or occasion of'. The preposition on can also be used  to express the same meaning.

Upon/On his arrival in Paris, the famous film star was recognized and surrounded by his fans.

Upon/On hearing of the death of his parents, he cried for hours.

2  Special gloves are also worn so that people and objects in the film can be touched.

Here so that means 'with the aim that', which is used to introduce a clause showing a purpose.

She worked hard so that everything would be ready by 6 o'clock.

So that can also mean 'with the result that', which is used to introduce a clause

showing a result.

Nothing more was heard from him so that we began to wonder if he had left.

3  To add to the virtual world of RealCine, smells are given out through small openings in the headsets.

Here add to means 'to increase'.

The West Lake adds to the beauty of the city of Hangzhou.

This phrase can also be used like add ...to...

If you add twelve to eighty-five, you get ninety-seven.

4  In scientific studies it has been shown that VR can provide teenagers with another way to experience the world and make them work harder to make their dreams come true.

Here it refers to the subject clause 'that VR can provide teenagers with another way to experience the world and ...'

When the subject is a clause, an empty subject it is often used, and the order of the sentence is normally changed.

Compare each pair of sentences as follows:

What she looks like doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what she looks like.

That income tax should be abolished has actually been suggested.

It has actually been suggested that income  tax should be abolished.

5  An argument has been put forward that some viewers will be disappointed by RealCine because VR is not real.

Here that is used to introduce an appositive clause 'some viewers will be

disappointed by RealCine because VR is not real.' This clause refers to 'an argument' and that cannot be omitted.

Your belief that things will improve is too optimistic.

Your suggestion that we should pay more attention to our table manners is a good one.

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语法点津Passive Voice