used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true synonym apart from(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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’.