except

CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #811 ★★★★☆

vt. 除, 除外 vi. 反对 prep. 除了...之外, 若不是, 除非 conj. 只是

发音

UK /ɪkˈsɛpt/
UK /ɛkˈsɛpt/
US /ɪkˈsɛpt/
/əkˈsɛpt/

词形变化

excepted exceptest excepting excepts 三单 excepts excepting 现在分词 excepted 过去式 excepted 过去分词

别名

excepte 'cept exept

教材释义与例句

动词

不计；把…除外

to not include something

连词

除了；要不是

used to give the reason why something was not done or did not happen

介词

除…之外

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

    及物

    I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!

  2. 2.

    To take exception, to object (to or against).

    不及物

    to except to a witness or his testimony

    Yea, but methinks I hear some man except at these words […].

conj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

    You look a bit like my sister, except (that) she has longer hair.

    I never made fun of her except teasingly.

    To survive, I did everything except steal.

    Come any time except between ten and twelve.

  2. 2.

    Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.

    非正式

    They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.

    I almost walked out, except I remembered the promise I had made.

  3. 3.

    Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.

    古体
prep. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

    除了...以外

    除了

    为着

    There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

exclude take out omit leave off leave out demur

上位词 5

object eliminate extinguish do away with get rid of

下位词 1

elide

相关短语

except for 除...以外 [经] 除...外 I before E, except after C i before e, except after c

词源

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

来源：wiktionary