Word familyadjectiveexceptantexceptionableexceptionalexceptiousexceptiveexceptlessprepositionexceptingnounexceptionexceptionalismexceptionalityexceptoradverbexceptionablyexceptionallyverbexcept
Clarissa could think of nothing to say except that she was so sorry.
除了表示很抱歉之外,克拉丽莎想不出有什么话好说。
except in/by/to etc
Staff are not permitted to make personal phone calls except in an emergency.
除了有急事,员工是不允许打私人电话的。
except when/where/if
Benson kept the studio locked except when he was working there.
本森总是把工作室上锁,除非是他在里面工作的时候。
except do something
She had nothing to do except spend money.
她除了花钱便无所事事。
except to do something
He wouldn’t talk about work, except to say that he was busy.
他并不想谈论工作,只是说自己很忙。
2used to give the reasonwhy something was not done or did not happen 要不是由于〔用于说明某事没做成或没发生的原因〕
except (that)
Liz would have run, except that she didn’t want to appear to be in a hurry.
要不是因为不想显得很匆忙,利兹就会跑起来。
3spoken used to mention a fact that makes what you have just said seem less true 只是,但是
except (that)
I have earrings just like those, except they’re blue.
我有一对耳环跟那一对很像,只是我的是蓝色的。
A date book would make a great gift, except that a lot of people already have one.
赠送记事簿本来是很不错的,只是许多人都已经有一本了。
5GRAMMAR 语法
Do not say ‘except of something’ or ‘except from something’. 不要说except of something或except from something
We won’t go unless you really want to (NOT 不说 except you really want to).
除非你实在想去,否则我们就不去了。
Except is not used by itself to introduce a clause. Useunless or except when/where/if.except不可单独引导从句,要用unless或except when/where/if
I cycle to work, except when it rains (NOT 不说 except it rains).
我骑车去上班,除非下雨。
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with except
You use except before a noun:
The shop is open every day except Sunday.
She invited everyone except Tom.
You can also say except for someone or something:
The shop is open every day except for Sunday.
She invited everyone except for Tom.
✗Don’t say: except of
You say except (that):
The twins look very similar, except one is taller than the other.
That is often omitted in spoken English.
You say except when/where/if:
I cycle to work, except when it rains.
我骑车去上班,除非下雨。
You have to attend, except if you’re ill.
When/where/if are not omitted. ✗Don’t say: I cycle to work, except it rains. | You have to attend, except you’re ill.
THESAURUS
except used when saying that a statement does not include a particular person or thing. At the beginning of a sentence, you must use except for, not just except, before a noun 除…之外〔在句子开头,须用 except for 接名词,不可只用except〕
The office is open every day except Sundays.
办事处除星期天之外天天开门。
Except for a man walking his dog, the park was empty.
除了有个男人在遛狗,公园里空无一人。
nMost of the critics liked the play, except for one critic on the ‘Los Angeles Times’.
nExcept for a few years in the early sixties and seventies, inflation has been a continuing feature of American life since World War II.
nThe area looks very much like the state of Iowa, except that it is surrounded by beautiful snow-covered mountains.
nExcept in an emergency, these doors must remain closed.
apart from/aside from used when mentioning one or two things that do not fit the main thing that you are saying 除…以外〔用于少数例外情况〕
Aside from one or two minor errors, this is an excellent piece of research.
除了有一两处小差错之外,该研究非常成功。
The films were all made in Hollywood, apart from one, which was made in the UK.
这些影片除了有一部摄于英国,其余各部都是在好莱坞拍摄的。
nThe weather was not very good in the first week. Apart from that, it was a good holiday.
excluding/not including used when saying that something, especially a totalnumber or amount, does not include a particular thing or person. Excluding is more formal than not including 除去,不包括〔excluding比not including 更正式〕
The software costs $49.95, not including tax.
这个软件的价格为49.95美元,不含税。
Excluding students, the total number of unemployed rose from 2 million to 2.3 million.
不包括学生,总失业人数从200万增至230万。
with the exception of formalexcept for one particular person or thing 除〔特定的某人或事物〕之外
Denmark has more wind turbines than any other place in the world, with the exception of California.
除了加利福尼亚,丹麦拥有的风力涡轮机数量比世界上任何地方都要多。
nWith the exception of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women.
but used especially after words such as nothing, all, any, anyone, everything or everyone when saying that something is the only thing, or someone is the only person 除…以外〔尤用于nothing, all, any, anyone, everything 或everyone等词之后〕
There is nothing but trees, for mile after mile.
绵延几英里,除了树木别无他物。
The garment covers everything but the eyes.
这衣服把什么都遮住了,只露出眼睛。
nAll but a few of her family died of the disease.
save formal used for mentioning the only person or thing which is not included in what you are saying 除…外〔用于唯一的例外情况〕
Every man she had ever loved, save her father, was now dead.
除了父亲,她爱过的每个男人都已离开人世。
Examples from the Corpus
except• a computer that can do everything excepttalk• Celia looks just like her sister, except that her sister has shorterhair.• It's similar to Paris, except the people look a lotpoorer.
except for• He could hardly remember Eugene, except for a few randomimages of him.• Once the site of a farm, it is now, except for my small clearing, all forest.• Pen Pros: Except forpersonalletters, handwritten notes are withering into extinction.• Little, that is, except for the air.• Miss Poole had no friends and seldom had visitors, except for the girls who came over occasionally for high tea.• He was still fully dressed, except for the jacket and he, literally, hugged his side of the bed.• Except for the mama-san, except for me.
except (that)• Foley looked like anything in the world except a secret agent.• For the next five months, except for a brief period, our platoon was run by Sergeant Polk.• The limitations of health-status measure hinder our ability to map health trends except in the simplest way.• All the sheetsexcept one are blank.• That leaves old-fashioned glue: except that gecko feet have no suitable glue-secreting glands.• No one in the hall except the grandfather clock I'd seen floating in my dream; no one came out of the sitting room.• Even cost reduction, except through material substitution, does not seem to be a focus.• Henna was great except you kept thinking she was going to suddenly sue you anyway.
except2 verb [transitiveT]
formalEXCEPT to not include something 不包括,不计算,把…排除在外
except something from something
High technology equipment would be excepted from any trade agreement.