except

except
preposition
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. [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
  1. late Middle English: from Latin except- 'taken out', from the verb excipere, from ex- 'out of' + capere 'take'
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