except for
英 [ɪkˈsept fɔː(r)]
美 [ɪkˈsept fɔːr]
除了
同义词辨析
exceptbutexcept forsave【导航词义：除…外】
exceptprep. 除…之外
〔辨析〕
侧重于排除在外，即从整体里除去。
〔例证〕
I can answer all the questions except this one.
除了这个问题外，我可以回答所有的问题。
They all went to sleep except Tony.
除托尼之外，他们都去睡觉了。
除了这个问题外，我可以回答所有的问题。
They all went to sleep except Tony.
除托尼之外，他们都去睡觉了。
butprep. 除…之外
〔辨析〕
词义同except，可换用，但语气较弱，且常与 nothing, nobody, anywhere, everything 等词连用。
〔例证〕
We had nothing to do but/except wait.
除了等待之外，我们一筹莫展。
There was no one but/except me in the classroom.
教室里只有我一个人。
除了等待之外，我们一筹莫展。
There was no one but/except me in the classroom.
教室里只有我一个人。
except forprep. 除了，除…之外
〔辨析〕
多用于引出使陈述不能完全成立的事物，有时也强调美中不足之处，通常只可后接名词或代词。
〔例证〕
Your composition is good except for some spelling mistakes.
除了有几个拼写错误外，你的作文整体上写得很好。
The bus was empty except for one young lady.
公共汽车上很空，只有一位年轻的女士。
除了有几个拼写错误外，你的作文整体上写得很好。
The bus was empty except for one young lady.
公共汽车上很空，只有一位年轻的女士。
saveprep. 〈正式〉除了，除…之外
〔辨析〕
词义同 except，可换用，但略显过时。
〔例证〕
We're all here save/except Tom.
除了汤姆，我们都在。
The window is never opened save/except in summer.
这扇窗户只在夏天打开。
除了汤姆，我们都在。
The window is never opened save/except in summer.
这扇窗户只在夏天打开。
双语例句
- He's a good man, except for his short temper.
他是个好人，除了气粗些。 - The street was deserted except for a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones.
街上空无一人，只有一只猫在结霜的石砖上拾爪而行。 - Except for the transitional elements, valency electrons are in the outermost electron shell.
除去过渡元素外，价电子位于最外面的电子层。 - Except for the persons she had gone to knock up, everyone was present.
除了她刚才去敲门叫唤的那些人之外，其余的人都来了。 - The region is uninhabited except for a few scattered mountain villages.
除了几个零星的小山村之外，这个地区杳无人烟。 - Except for a patina of charisma, he was like a thousand other bright young men in Toronto.
除了有点儿魅力外，他和多伦多其他众多机灵的年轻小伙子没有两样。 - Except for her illnesses, she had had a particularly happy childhood
除了体弱多病外，她的童年特别幸福。 - Which would make him a giant, except for this.
除了这之外，他有可能是个巨人。 - Everyone was late, except for Richard.
除了理查德，其他所有人都迟到了。 - Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
公共汽车上除了一位老太太，没有其他人了。