except
- prep.除了;(用于所言不包括的人或事物前)除…之外
- conj.除了;只是
- vt.不包括;不计;把…除外
过去式： excepted 现在分词： excepting 过去分词： excepted 第三人称单数： excepts
ex- 出,出去 + cept 拿,抓,握住
exceptThe preposition besides means ‘in addition to’.上述两种含义均可用apart from：
What other sports do you like besides football?
除足球外你还喜欢哪些运动？
I like all sports except football.
除足球外我喜欢所有的运动。
What other sports do you like apart from football?
除足球外你还喜欢哪些运动？
I like all sports apart from football.
除足球外我喜欢所有的运动。
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PREP 除了…之外
You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true.I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe...
除了到欧洲工作外，我本来什么都不会接受。
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PREP-PHRASE 除了;除…之外;唯有
You use except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true.He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad...
除了一餐叉色拉，他什么都没吃。
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不要混淆except，except for，unless和besides。 用except引出陈述中唯一不适用的事物、情形、人或想法：All of his body relaxed except his right hand（除了右手外，他全身都放松了), Travelling was impossible, except in the cool of the morning（除了在凉爽的早晨，其他时候出游都是不可能的）。except for 用于引出使某陈述不能完全成立的事物：The classrooms were silent, except for the scratching of pens on paper（除了钢笔在纸上写字的沙沙声，教室里一片安静），I had absolutely no friends except for Tom（除了汤姆，我真的一个朋友也没有）。unless用来引出某事发生或成立所必需的条件：In the 1940s, unless she wore gloves a woman was not properly dressed（在20世纪40年代，女人若不戴手套就是着装不得体），You must not give compliments unless you mean them（除非出自真心实意，否则不要随便恭维别人）。besides用来引出除已经提到的事物之外的其他事物：Fruit will give you, besides enjoyment, a source of vitamins（水果不但好吃，而且富含维生素）。但要注意的是，如果用于谈论除某人或某事物之外仅有的人或物时，besides的意思与apart from相同：He was the only person besides Gertrude who talked to Guy（他是除了格特鲁德外唯一同盖伊说话的人）。
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We don 't do much in the evenings except watch television .
我们在晚上除了看电视不怎么干别的事。
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I had nothing on except for my socks .
我除了短袜什么都没穿。
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I didn 't tell him anything except that I needed the money .
我什么都没告诉他，只是说我需要钱。
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We work every day except Sunday .
我们除星期天外每天都工作。
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They live in a remote area , inaccessible except by car .
他们住在一处偏远地区，只能开车去。
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Our dresses were the same except mine was red .
我们的连衣裙是一样的，只是我的那件是红色。
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Children under five are excepted from the survey .
五岁以下的儿童不在调查之列。
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Many of the bodies were unidentifiable except by dental records .
许多尸体若不是靠牙科病历就无法辨认。
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Prisoners were allowed no personal possessions except letters and photographs .
囚犯除信件和照片外不允许有任何私人物品。
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The sanctions ban the sale of any products excepting medical supplies and food .
国际制裁禁止销售医药用品和食物以外的任何产品。
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The walls were bare except for a clock .
墙上除了一只挂钟什么也没有。
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There was no light except for the occasional glow of a cigarette .
除偶尔有香烟的微弱红光外没有一点亮光。
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At school , it simply wasn 't done to show that you cared for anything except cricket .
在学校里，除了板球外，你对什么都不感兴趣，这显然不对。
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They all came except Matt .
除马特外他们都来了。
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I wouldn 't have accepted anything except a job in Europe
除了到欧洲工作外，我本来什么都不会接受。
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They didn 't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life
他们只需置身事外，享受生活。
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Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract .
钱对她来说就是个抽象的东西，她从不去想钱。
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She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes .
她除了那双乌黑的眼睛外，跟他没有一点儿相像。
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We would have come straight here , except our flight got in too late .
要不是我们的航班抵达太晚，我们本应直接到这里来的。
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I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books
我把我所有的东西都卖掉了，只剩下汽车和书。
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My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private
我的主人命令我务必私下里传递消息。
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No one can open mail except the person to whom it has been addressed .
除收信人本人外，没人能打开邮件。
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The overnight train runs every night of the week except Saturdays .
这趟夜班火车除了周六外每个晚上都运行。
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There 's nothing except sport and repeats on TV .
除了体育节目和重播节目外，电视上没什么新鲜内容。
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Except for her illnesses , she had had a particularly happy childhood
除了体弱多病外，她的童年特别幸福。
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Everyone was late , except for Richard .
除了理查德，其他所有人都迟到了。
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He 's cut loose from this business except , possibly , where James is concerned
可能除了詹姆斯外，公司里都没人能管得了他。
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Everyone seems busy except us
除了我们，大家好像都很忙碌。
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I know nothing about him except that he knocked about South Africa for a while .
我除了知道他在南非流浪过一段时间外对他一无所知。
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Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers .
把除土豆外的所有蔬菜分层放置。
侧重于排除在外，即从整体里除去。
I can answer all the questions except this one.
除了这个问题外，我可以回答所有的问题。
They all went to sleep except Tony.
除托尼之外，他们都去睡觉了。
词义同except，可换用，但语气较弱，且常与 nothing, nobody, anywhere, everything 等词连用。
We had nothing to do but/except wait.
除了等待之外，我们一筹莫展。
There was no one but/except me in the classroom.
教室里只有我一个人。
多用于引出使陈述不能完全成立的事物，有时也强调美中不足之处，通常只可后接名词或代词。
Your composition is good except for some spelling mistakes.
除了有几个拼写错误外，你的作文整体上写得很好。
The bus was empty except for one young lady.
公共汽车上很空，只有一位年轻的女士。
词义同 except，可换用，但略显过时。
We're all here save/except Tom.
除了汤姆，我们都在。
The window is never opened save/except in summer.
这扇窗户只在夏天打开。
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