而是的英文怎么说

而是的英文：
but

Instead, they improvised
而是临时准备的。

This is not a slip, but lingerie.
这不是衬裙，而是睡衣。

It was not a stalk; it was an ambush.
这不是暗暗跟踪而是伏袭。

A tsunami is not just a wave, but a wave train.
海啸不是单个波，而是一列波。

Such countries are not 'developing' at all, but regressing.
这些国家根本不是在“发展中”，而是在倒退。

Great books are popular, not pedantic
名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。

God is not ubiquitous, but omnipresent.
上帝不是无所不在的，而是同时到处存在。

Such pretentiousness cannot reflect truth but is an obstacle to truth
这种装腔作势的东西，不能反映真理，而是妨害真理的。

Yet the best cure for this lies not in reducing democracy and freedom but in boosting the rule of law and discipline.
治本之道，不是减少民主与自由，而是增加法治与纪律。

Punctuality is seen not as a courtesy but as precondition for future relations.
对于以后的关系，守时不仅仅是礼貌问题，而是先决条件。