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 hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad
除了一餐叉色拉，他什么都没吃。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I spent the rest of the voyage in this chamber, except for one night.
我在这间小卧房内度过了余下的航程，除了一个晚上。 - 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 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。 - All of the people have arrived except for you.
除你之外所有的人都到了。