Question

When he arrived, he found ____ the aged and the s

When he arrived, he found ____ the aged and the sick at home.
A．nothing but B．none but C．none other than D．no other than
答案是b为什么不能选c c的意思是不是别人正是那些老弱病残也能说的通吧 求解

Answer 1

When he arrived , he found ___ the age and

the sick at home.

A. nothing but B. none but

C. none other than D. no other than

句子译文：当他到达时，发现家里只有老人

和病人 。

正确答案： B. none but 意思是：仅，只有

C . none other than 不是别的而是

Answer 2

这里，弄清none but与none other than 的区别很重要，不然就会感到困惑。①none but 除了…之外，没有；只有；比如，None but fools believe his words.除了傻瓜谁信他的话。（只有傻子才信他的话。）②.none other than 不是别的…就是；正是；就是（带惊讶，惊喜，确定无误等语气）。比如，It was none other than Christiano Ronaldo.不是旁人，正是C罗本尊。

Answer 3

选C，当他到家，他发现除了老人和病号什么人都没有