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Definition of except in English: exceptpreposition ɛkˈsɛptɪkˈsɛptɪkˈsɛpt Not including; other than. 除…外 they work every day except Sunday 除了星期天他们每天都工作。 I was naked except for my socks 除了脚上穿的那双短袜，我就是一丝不挂。 Example sentencesExamples - In particular, don't put writing on it except for brand names or logos.
- The discotheque becomes a free space, to which adults have no access, except for a minute glance through the door.
- I looked around, but it was dark outside except for one street light at the corner a short way ahead of me.
- It helps that it's getting warmer and sunnier and more springlike, well except for the snow storm on the weekend.
- In 2000, Al Gore… did not win a single one of these states except New Mexico.
- The first was a head and shoulders shot of her apparently naked except for a white feather boa wrapped round her shoulders.
- John and Norma Major filmed entirely in grey tone, except for the peas.
- Everyone seems to fall under the mercy of the council except for Van the man.
- So we're all men of our word really… except for Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman.
- She just goes on talking, without a pause, except for the coffee, and my mind wanders again.
- We were compatible at every level, except for my ethnic and religious background.
- Spain established complete control over all the Italian states except Venice.
- I love a trip to the cinema except for the rather sticky residue on the floor.
- Nearly everyone knew who I was except for one guy who kept accusing me of coming dressed as someone from The Simpsons.
- The media coverage is always sensationalized here in the US except for possibly Public Radio.
- The pup is pure white except for her black-skin ears, which have yet to grow their covering.
- Everything is very quiet, except for the occasional floomfing sound of snow falling off pine trees and cedars.
- All benchmarks in the region fell for the week except for Hong Kong, Singapore and India.
Synonyms excluding, not including, excepting, omitting, leaving out, not counting, but, besides, barring, bar, other than, exclusive of, saving, save, apart from, aside from with the exception of, with the omission of, with the exclusion of informal outside of archaic forbye
conjunction ɛkˈsɛptɪkˈsɛptɪkˈsɛpt 1Used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made. 只是；要不是 I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money 我只是告诉他我需要钱；但除此以外，我什么也没有说。 our berets were the same except mine was blue 我们的贝雷帽是一样的，只是我的那一只里面有一个皮革镶边。 Example sentencesExamples - The second half was really a mirror of the first, except that the Wolfhill defence was more solid.
- Pretty ordinary flat type food I think except that we hardly ever had vegetables.
- There was a light, cool breeze, which was pleasant enough except that it made the skin feel chilled and clammy.
- He understood them, except that there were some parts he was not able to finish.
- It has nothing to do with it except that it has a lot to do with his own credibility on various issues.
- The public transport is pretty good, except for the buses at rush hour when it's rather nasty.
- It's all like home, except that here food is made and served with scrupulous hygiene.
- It felt like I was in the torture scene from a science fiction movie, except that it didn't hurt.
- The Medium Lobster is a higher being, except that it doesn't look that way to us.
- I have a similar problem, except that mine is all to do with people who are lost.
- It was said to have a similar appearance to the original homestead, except that it was built in brick.
- Similar techniques are also being used to produce chocolate which is normal in every way, except that it is chewy.
- It was like being in busy shipping lanes, except that they were full of whales.
- Mr Greeno in his first statement said nothing about this except that the owner was not CCUK.
- She had been unable to say where she was except that it was wooded.
- The main design of all the houses was the same except that it varied in size.
- And this for a game which had no special appeal except that it featured the old rivals.
- So far, no word is out on where the show will be shot exactly, except that it will be somewhere near Panama.
- Technically, it's very similar to the prosthesis I have now, except for one major difference.
- It's an impressive record, except that it loses some of its gloss on closer examination.
Synonyms other than, do other than, otherwise than, except - 1.1archaic Unless.
〈古〉除非 she never offered advice, except it were asked of her 她从来不主动提建议，除非向她讨教。 Example sentencesExamples - Till today he never talks about my work except to offer bits of useful criticism.
verb ɛkˈsɛptɪkˈsɛptɪkˈsɛpt [with object]formal Specify as excluded from a category or group. 〈正式〉把…排除在外；不计 five classes of advertisement are excepted from control Example sentencesExamples - That was Edmund Wilson's judgment in 1950, and in view of the half century since I see no reason, not excepting Wilson's own career, to alter it.
- Not a creature was to be seen in the room or at the door as I passed out - always excepting the man with the cough.
- There are a few abbreviations, things like SMTP and HTTP and such, that are specifically excepted from this rule.
- They also retain their share of misery, however, and misery is most of what you find in the other cities, not excepting the state capital.
- Yorkshire women were to be excepted from any criticism he added, because they ‘always have dinner on the table when you get home’.
- Many national-liberation struggles, not excepting Israel's fight for existence in the 1940s, have seen violence against civilians: think Ireland or Kenya.
Synonyms exclude, omit, leave out, rule out, count out, disregard, pass over, bar
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin except- 'taken out', from the verb excipere, from ex- 'out of' + capere 'take'. capable from mid 16th century: The first recorded sense of this was ‘able to take in’, physically or mentally. It comes from Latin capere ‘take or hold’ which is found in many other English words including: accept (Late Middle English) from ad- ‘to’ and capere; anticipation (Late Middle English) ‘acting or taking in advance’; capacity (Late Middle English) ‘ability to hold’; caption (Late Middle English) originally an act of capture; captive (Late Middle English); catch (Middle English); chase (Middle English); conceive (Middle English) literally ‘take together’; except (Late Middle English) ‘take out of’; incapacity (early 17th century) inability to hold; intercept (Late Middle English) to take between; perceive (Middle English) to hold entirely; prince; receive (Middle English) ‘take back’; susceptible (early 17th century) literally ‘that can be taken from below’.
Rhymesaccept, crept, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, sept, slept, swept, upswept, wept, yclept Definition of except in US English: exceptprepositionɪkˈsɛptikˈsept Not including; other than. 除…外 they work every day except Sunday 除了星期天他们每天都工作。 I was naked except for my socks 除了脚上穿的那双短袜，我就是一丝不挂。 Example sentencesExamples - Spain established complete control over all the Italian states except Venice.
- John and Norma Major filmed entirely in grey tone, except for the peas.
- In particular, don't put writing on it except for brand names or logos.
- The first was a head and shoulders shot of her apparently naked except for a white feather boa wrapped round her shoulders.
- Everyone seems to fall under the mercy of the council except for Van the man.
- The discotheque becomes a free space, to which adults have no access, except for a minute glance through the door.
- Nearly everyone knew who I was except for one guy who kept accusing me of coming dressed as someone from The Simpsons.
- In 2000, Al Gore… did not win a single one of these states except New Mexico.
- Everything is very quiet, except for the occasional floomfing sound of snow falling off pine trees and cedars.
- All benchmarks in the region fell for the week except for Hong Kong, Singapore and India.
- So we're all men of our word really… except for Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman.
- We were compatible at every level, except for my ethnic and religious background.
- She just goes on talking, without a pause, except for the coffee, and my mind wanders again.
- I looked around, but it was dark outside except for one street light at the corner a short way ahead of me.
- The pup is pure white except for her black-skin ears, which have yet to grow their covering.
- It helps that it's getting warmer and sunnier and more springlike, well except for the snow storm on the weekend.
- The media coverage is always sensationalized here in the US except for possibly Public Radio.
- I love a trip to the cinema except for the rather sticky residue on the floor.
Synonyms excluding, not including, excepting, omitting, leaving out, not counting, but, besides, barring, bar, other than, exclusive of, saving, save, apart from, aside from
conjunctionɪkˈsɛptikˈsept 1Used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made. 只是；要不是 I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money 我只是告诉他我需要钱；但除此以外，我什么也没有说。 our berets were the same except mine had a leather band inside 我们的贝雷帽是一样的，只是我的那一只里面有一个皮革镶边。 Example sentencesExamples - It has nothing to do with it except that it has a lot to do with his own credibility on various issues.
- It's all like home, except that here food is made and served with scrupulous hygiene.
- It was like being in busy shipping lanes, except that they were full of whales.
- He understood them, except that there were some parts he was not able to finish.
- The Medium Lobster is a higher being, except that it doesn't look that way to us.
- There was a light, cool breeze, which was pleasant enough except that it made the skin feel chilled and clammy.
- It's an impressive record, except that it loses some of its gloss on closer examination.
- The main design of all the houses was the same except that it varied in size.
- I have a similar problem, except that mine is all to do with people who are lost.
- Mr Greeno in his first statement said nothing about this except that the owner was not CCUK.
- The second half was really a mirror of the first, except that the Wolfhill defence was more solid.
- So far, no word is out on where the show will be shot exactly, except that it will be somewhere near Panama.
- Pretty ordinary flat type food I think except that we hardly ever had vegetables.
- Technically, it's very similar to the prosthesis I have now, except for one major difference.
- The public transport is pretty good, except for the buses at rush hour when it's rather nasty.
- It felt like I was in the torture scene from a science fiction movie, except that it didn't hurt.
- It was said to have a similar appearance to the original homestead, except that it was built in brick.
- And this for a game which had no special appeal except that it featured the old rivals.
- She had been unable to say where she was except that it was wooded.
- Similar techniques are also being used to produce chocolate which is normal in every way, except that it is chewy.
Synonyms other than, do other than, otherwise than, except - 1.1archaic Unless.
〈古〉除非 she never offered advice, except it were asked of her 她从来不主动提建议，除非向她讨教。 Example sentencesExamples - Till today he never talks about my work except to offer bits of useful criticism.
verbɪkˈsɛptikˈsept [with object]formal Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude. 〈正式〉把…排除在外；不计 he excepted from his criticism a handful of distinguished writers Example sentencesExamples - They also retain their share of misery, however, and misery is most of what you find in the other cities, not excepting the state capital.
- Many national-liberation struggles, not excepting Israel's fight for existence in the 1940s, have seen violence against civilians: think Ireland or Kenya.
- That was Edmund Wilson's judgment in 1950, and in view of the half century since I see no reason, not excepting Wilson's own career, to alter it.
- Yorkshire women were to be excepted from any criticism he added, because they ‘always have dinner on the table when you get home’.
- Not a creature was to be seen in the room or at the door as I passed out - always excepting the man with the cough.
- There are a few abbreviations, things like SMTP and HTTP and such, that are specifically excepted from this rule.
Synonyms exclude, omit, leave out, rule out, count out, disregard, pass over, bar
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’. |