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
- I don't know much about this place, except for the pits.
除了那些深渊之外，我对这个地方了解的并不多。 - 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。 - Except for you, I should be dead by now.
如果不是你，我早就死了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Except for me, all the world has gone mad.
我的一切变了、全世界疯了。 - Everyone was late, except for Richard.
除了理查德，其他所有人都迟到了。 - 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。