except [ik'sept]

except的基本解释

vt.

除, 除外

• The minors are excepted from the regulation.
• 未成年者不在此限。

prep.

除了...之外, 若不是, 除非

• He has no special fault except that he smokes too much.
• 他除了抽烟抽得太凶太多之外，没有什么特别的毛病。

• I like her except when she is angry.
• 除了她发怒的时候，我挺喜欢她。

conj.

只是

• She did nothing except complain while she was here.
• 她在这里时除了抱怨还是抱怨。

vi.

反对

except的同义词

v. deny · reject · exclude

prep. aside from · save · barring · besides

与except相关的情景对话

职场英语/Summer camp-(夏令营)

A:

You look so tan and healthy!

你看上去皮肤黝黑，健康极了。

B:

Thanks. I just got back from summer camp.

谢谢。我刚刚从夏令营回来。

A:

How was it?

怎么样？

B:

Great. I got to try so many things for the first time.

棒极了。我第一次尝试那么多玩意儿。

A:

Like what?

比方说？

B:

I went sailing, fishing, and horseback riding.

乘船航行，钓鱼，我还骑马了。

A:

I’m so jealous.

我真嫉妒。

B:

The counselors were so nice too. It was the best summer ever. Except for all those mosquitoes!

辅导员也很好。这是我度过的最美好的夏季。只是蚊子太多了。

校园生活/The First Class-(第一堂课)

A:

Today I had my first English class.

今天我上了第一堂英语课。

B:

How was it?

课上得怎样？

A:

It was interesting.The teacher gave us three ways to help ourselves learn the language. First, stop talking anything except English. Then learn many complete sentences by heart.Finally, have American friends tell us how they say things we have trouble with, and always imitate them.

很有意思。老师告诉我们有三种方法可帮助我们学习语言。首先，除英语外不要用其他语言谈话。其次。背下大量完整的句子。最后请美国朋友告诉我们，我们在口语中感到困难的那些句子，他们是怎样表达的，并且要一直模仿他们。

衣食住行/在家

A:

Did you lock the doors?

你把门都锁上了吗？

B:

All except the back door. I left that open for Tim. He took the dog for a walk.

除了后门都锁上了。我给蒂姆留着后门，他带着狗散步去了。

A:

Well, I’m going on to bed. I’m beat.

嗯，我睡觉去了。我累极了。

B:

Okay. I’m going to stay up a while. I’ve got to go over the household budget. We’re a little overspent this month.

好吧。我再呆会儿。我得把家里的账算一算，这个月我们超支了一点。

A:

Please tell Tim to close the door to the basement. I don’t want the dog down there tonight.

让蒂姆关上贮藏室的门，我不想让狗今晚跑到那儿去。

B:

Okay. Good night. See you at breakfast.

好吧。晚安。明天吃早饭时见。