而是

They were not using criticism but mud.

他们是批评而是诽谤。

They took cash in lieu of the prize they had won.

他们没有领奖品而是领了现金。

Love is not a hood, but an eyewater.

爱情是头巾，而是明目水。

They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.

他们去教堂是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。

It's not a house but a glorified hut.

那是一所房子，而是美化了的小木屋。

He wasn’t just impolite—he was downright rude.

他仅仅是礼貌，而是无礼透顶。

He doesn't talk to me—he lectures at me!

他是在同我谈话, 而是在训我。

I am not unconscious, but in some in-between state.

我没有省事，而是介于某种中间状态。

We are no carpet soldiers, but courageous troops.

我们是少爷兵, 而是英勇善战的勇士。

He eats because of greed, not hunger.

他是因为饿了,而是因为贪嘴才吃的。

His argument does not rest on reasoning or on experiment, but on authority.

他的论点是依靠推理或者实验, 而是靠权威。

Why don’t you try to solve the problem instead of scoring points over each other?

你们为什么尽力去解决问题而是互相拆台呢？

He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties.

他是果敢地去面对困难, 而是抱怨自己运气。

Not that he dislikes the work, but he has no time.

是他喜欢这个工作, 而是他没有时间。

Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.

有的愿承认失败, 而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

We were successful not because we were quick-witted but because we persevered.

我们之所以成功是因为我们机智，而是因为我们坚韧拔。

Not that I'm unwilling to go with you, but that I'm busy now.

是我愿意和你去, 而是因为现在我很忙。

It’s not just mindless entertainment,it’s a film with a message.

它是一部没有意思的娱乐片,而是一部有寓意的影片。

Lost in Kamela's self-recrimination is a bounty of evidence to the contrary.

是卡梅拉迷失在自责中，而是读者若迷失在她的自责中。

"Correct ideas are not innate in the mind, but come from social practice."

"正确的思想是头脑中固有的,而是来源于社会实践。"