请答疑 ALL BUT 和 NOTHING BUT 的用法

applegreen

一直学的有两个固定搭配概念不清，请大家指教：ALL BUT 和 NOTHING BUT
举例说明：THE PROJECT FORCES TOM TO ALL BUT ABONDON HIS PERSONAL LIFE。
THE PROJRCT FORCES TOM TO NONE BUT ABONDON HIS PERSONAL LIFE
各自是什么意思

mike1999

第一句:那个项目逼的TOM放弃了除了他个人生活以外的所有一切.
第二句:那个项目只逼TOM放弃他个人生活以.(其他不干涉)

applegreen

第一句：This is especially true in Japan, where
cost of living, coupled with corporate culture, compel professional males to all but
abandon their families and literally to work themselves to death
第二句：Further homogenization of consumer preferences is all but ensured by failing trade
barriers, coupled with the global billboard that satellite communications and the Internet
provide.
在这两句中ALLBUT好象并不象我们想象的那样简单

螺旋霉素

THE PROJECT FORCES TOM TO ALL BUT ABONDON HIS PERSONAL LIFE。
这句我觉得是说“那个项目逼得TOM只有放弃他的个人生活，别无选择”

后面两句里的all but似乎也是类似，就是“只有”的意思

螺旋霉素

觉得有点疑惑，今天又查了查，更正一下：
THE PROJECT FORCES TOM TO ALL BUT ABONDON HIS PERSONAL LIFE。
应该是“那个项目逼得TOM差点放弃了他的私人生活”
是“差点”的意思

小米

all but=几乎，差不多 adv。
注：出处为XDF白勇讲课之解法，后查字典确认