...nature, who has so much to answer for besides the perhaps unwieldy length of this sentence, has further complicated her task and added to our confusion by providing not only a perfect rag-bag of odds and ends within us — a piece of a policeman’s trousers lying cheek by jowl with Queen Alexandra’s wedding veil — but has contrived that the whole assortment shall be lightly stitched together by a single thread. + e% P" K' \. l4 _# G" Z/ q
这句话中的not only...but (also) ...的用法感觉有点怪(后续接的结构没有统一)。 ! w! c5 f3 s3 f8 Q* C# S1 x/ d摘自伍尔夫的《Orlando》