except
preposition /ɪkˈsept/
/ɪkˈsept/
(also except for)
- used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true
（用于所言不包括的人或事物前）除…之外 - We work every day except Sunday.
我们除星期天外每天都工作。 - They all came except Matt.
除马特外他们都来了。 - I had nothing on except for my socks.
我除了短袜什么都还没穿。
Which Word? besides / apart from / exceptbesides / apart from / except- The preposition besides means ‘in addition to’:
besides 作介词表示除…之外（还）： - What other sports do you like besides football?
除足球外你还喜欢哪些运动？
指仅有某事物不包括在内用 except： - I like all sports except football.
除足球外我喜欢所有的运动。
上述两种含义均可用 apart from： - 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。
- What other sports do you like besides football?
Language Bank exceptexceptMaking an exception说明例外的情况 - She wrote all of the songs on the album except for the final track.
除最后一首歌外，这张专辑中所有歌曲都是她写的。
- She wrote all of the songs on the album except for the final track.
- Apart from/aside from the final track, all of the songs on the album were written by her.
除最后一首歌外，这张专辑中所有歌曲都是她写的。
- Apart from/aside from the final track, all of the songs on the album were written by her.
- The songwriting—with a few minor exceptions—is of a very high quality.
除了几首歌美中不足以外，歌曲创作质量非常高。
- The songwriting—with a few minor exceptions—is of a very high quality.
- With only one or two exceptions, the songwriting is of a very high quality.
歌曲创作质量非常高，仅有一两首歌例外。
- With only one or two exceptions, the songwriting is of a very high quality.
- The majority of the compositions are less than three minutes long, with the notable exception of the title track.
大多数曲目的长度都不超过三分钟，只有与专辑同名的曲目是明显的例外。
- The majority of the compositions are less than three minutes long, with the notable exception of the title track.
- With the exception of the title track, this album is a huge disappointment.
这张专辑令人大失所望，只有与专辑同名的曲目还过得去。
- With the exception of the title track, this album is a huge disappointment.
- Here is a list of all the band’s CDs, excluding unofficial ‘bootleg’ recordings.
这是这个乐队所有 CD 的清单，未经批准非法录制的那些没有计算在内。
- Here is a list of all the band’s CDs, excluding unofficial ‘bootleg’ recordings.
词源late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’. - We work every day except Sunday.