except for

美 [ɪkˈsept fɔːr]英 [ɪkˈsept fɔː(r)]
  • 除了
except forexcept for
  1. I had nothing on except for my socks .

    我除了短袜什么都没穿。

  2. The walls were bare except for a clock .

    墙上除了一只挂钟什么也没有。

  3. There was no light except for the occasional glow of a cigarette .

    除偶尔有香烟的微弱红光外没有一点亮光。

  4. She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes .

    她除了那双乌黑的眼睛外,跟他没有一点儿相像。

  5. I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books

    我把我所有的东西都卖掉了,只剩下汽车和书。

  6. 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。

  7. Everyone was late , except for Richard .

    除了理查德,其他所有人都迟到了。

  8. Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen , the place was a mess

    除了厨房特别干净外,这地方一片狼藉。

  9. He hadn 't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad

    除了一餐叉色拉,他什么都没吃。

  10. The room was silent except for John 's crunching

    屋子里一片寂静,只有约翰发出的咀嚼声。

  11. The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-story window .

    整座大楼一片漆黑,只有3层的一个窗户透出一丝光亮。

  12. She sipped the wine . Everything was hazy now , except for Nick 's face

    她小口地抿着酒。现在一切都变得模糊起来,除了尼克的脸。

  13. The coffin lying before the altar was bare , except for a single wreath of white roses

    祭台前的棺木上除了仅有的一个白玫瑰花圈外,没有其他任何装饰。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. Apart from [ Except for ] a few grammatical mistakes , this composition of yours is well written .

    除了几处语法错误之外,你这篇作文写得不错。

  20. The quality of this cloth is fine , but the colour is not quite right . ; The cloth is quite good except for the colour .

    这块布质量挺好,就是颜色差点儿。

  21. 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。

  22. He 's a good man , except for his short temper .

    他是个好人,除了气粗些。

  23. This is a good novel , except for the long and tedious ending .

    这本小说很好,美中不足的是结尾太冗长了。

  24. 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。

  25. The night was very quiet except for the ticking of the clock .

    夜很静,只有钟摆滴答滴答地响。

  26. 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。

  27. A recent report makes several recommendations , including the abolition of most post-conviction penalties , except for those specifically needed to protect public safety .

    最近的一份报告提出了几项建议,包括废除大多数定罪后处罚,但保护公共安全特别需要的处罚除外。

  28. " … Vote for … me … " Except for some stumbles , Chris is doing amazingly well .

    “……投票给……我……”虽然有些磕磕绊绊,但克里斯做得非常好。

  29. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse .

    面包师几乎拥有着他所需要的一切,只缺一匹马。

  30. The translation is well done except for a few small mistakes .

    除却几处小错,翻译练习做得就是很好的了。

except but except for save 【导航词义:除…外】
except v. 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。

but v. 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。

except for v. 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。

save v. 〈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。

同义词

prep.

except but save