1·It was all but impossible to read his writing.
他的笔迹几乎没法辨认。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Reiner, 56, has all but conceded the race to his rival.
56岁的赖纳差一点就向他的对手认输而使比赛结束。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Europe will be represented in all but two of the seven races.
7场比赛中除了2场之外, 都将有欧洲的代表参加。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.
草药医术在西方世界几乎已成了一项绝迹的技术。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·On Meredith's new recording, Eddie Higgins accompanies her on all but one song.
在梅瑞迪斯的新唱片中，艾迪·希金斯为她伴奏了除一首歌以外的所有歌曲。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·Yet much of the land—moist black soil and extraordinary verdure—was all but empty.
然而，这里的大部分土地——潮湿的黑土和格外的青翠——几乎空空如也。
7·The face of income inequality, for all but a very few of us, is the one we each see in the mirror.
除了极少数人，我们大多数人都能在社会这面镜子中看到收入不平等的面孔。
8·Oxen were not used at all but donkeys were used by a few households in the northern part of the district.
"这个地区的人们完全不会使用牛，但北部的一些住户会使用驴。
9·He had never seen anything outside the window at all but he described beautiful scenes to help his friend feel better.
他从未见过窗外的景色，但他描述着美丽的景色让他朋友感觉舒服一点。
10·Unfortunately, most of the early popular African-American writers have been all but forgotten in modern times until now.
不幸的是，在此之前，早期受欢迎的大部分非裔美国作家在现代都几乎被遗忘了。