except
prep. 除了…之外
conj. 除了
v. 不包括
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...
除了到歐洲工作外,我本來什麼都不會接受。
I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds...
我什麼藥都不吃,除了感冒時吃阿司匹林。
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,他什麼都沒吃。
Everyone was late, except for Richard.
除了理查德,其他所有人都遲到了。
1. take exception to;
2. prevent from being included or considered or accepted;
besides, but, except, except for
這些前置詞或短語均含"除……之外"之意。
He could do little except write.
他除了會寫之外,其他什麼都不行.
He works every day except Sunday.
除星期天外,他每天都工作.
She is pretty except for the fact that her eyes are too big.
若不是她的眼睛太大,她是很漂亮的.
Apart from [ Except for ] a few grammatical mistakes, this composition of yours is well written.
除了幾處語法錯誤之外, 你這篇作文寫得不錯.
The region is uninhabited except for a few scattered mountain villages.
除了幾個零星的小山村之外,這個地區杳無人煙.