not including; other than 除…外 naked except for my socks. 我要是没穿短袜就是一丝不挂了。 they work every day except Sunday. 除了星期天他们每天都工作。
conjunction
used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made 只是;除了 I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money. 我只是告诉他我需要钱。 our berets were the same except mine had a leather band inside. 我们的贝雷帽是一样的,只是我的里面有一个皮革镶边。 ■(archaic)unless (古)除非 she never offered advice, except it were asked of her. 她从来不主动提建议,除非问她。
verb
[with obj.](formal)specify as not included in a category or group; exclude (正式)把…排除在外;将…不算在内 from their collective guilt I except Miss Zinkeisen alone. 我只将津克森小姐一个人排除在他们集体罪行之外。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin except- 'taken out', from the verb excipere, from ex- 'out of' + capere 'take'