新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

except

英  [ɪkˈsept]
    

[CONJ, PREP]

    CONJ. 连词
  • 1除了…

    You use except to introduce a statement that prevents a previous statement from being completely true

    双语例句

    例:

    Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play.

    弗雷迪不愿告诉我他在写什么,只说会是个圣诞剧本。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • except for

    1除了…

    You use except or except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true.

    近义词

    apart from , excluding

    双语例句

    例:

    He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.

    除了一口沙拉,他什么都没吃。

    例:

    Elephant shrews are found over most of Africa, except for the west.

    在非洲的大多数地区都发现了象鼩,除了西非。

    PREP. 介词
  • 1除…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.

    双语例句

    例:

    I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in New York.

    我本来是除了去纽约工作以外什么都不会接受的。

    例:

    No illness, except malaria, has caused as much death as smallpox.

    除了疟疾以外,没有其他疾病比天花带来的死亡更多。