except

🇬🇧/ɪkˈsept/ 🇺🇸/ɪkˈsept/📚 19267 10 4中考 高考
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. 除…之外

preposition [状态和条件]除……外,不包括

  • We work every day except Sunday.

conjunction [从属连词]除了,只是;要不是

  • The room was silent except for the TV.

verb [vi. 不及物动词]不包括,把……排除在外

  • There is nothing we can do except dig in and wait.
except 出现在下面的课文中
Lesson 113&114 Small change except 介词: 除…外
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather except 介词: 除了
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
Lesson 63 She was not amused
Lesson 40 Who's who

除…之外

  • Everybody is here except Sam. 除了 Sam,大家都来了。(Sam 没来 减法)
  • Besides Sam there are many who wear glasses. 除了 Sam,还有很多人戴眼镜。(Sam 戴了 加法)