除此之外：except的用法小结
In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. There was no end.
——The Story of 1900
连绵不绝的城市，什么都有，除了尽头，没有尽头。
——《海上钢琴师》
一、下面我们来看看except有几种含义
conj.
要不是；除非 used before you mention sth that makes a statement not completely true
He is a good student except that he is occasionally careless.
他是个好学生，只是他偶而有些粗心。
prep.
1.除…外 used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true
Also he masters Russian except English.
除英语外，他也精通俄语。
v.
1.把…除外，不计 to not include sb / sth
You will all be punished, I can except no one.
你们全得受罚，我一个也不饶。
2.反对，表示异议 to oppose
Counsel excepted to the court's ruling.
律师反对法院的裁决。
二、词义辨析：还有哪些单词能表示“除……之外”的意思呢？
besides, but, except, except for
这些前置词或短语均含“除……之外”之意。
besides着重于指另外还有。
but侧重指不包括在内。
except侧重于排除在外，从整体里减去。可与
but换用，但语气较强。
except for多用于在说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定，还引出相反的原因或细节，从而部分地修正前面的主要意思，含惋惜意味。
三、最后，来做个填词游戏吧
They were all there _____ me.
除了我以外他们都在那里。
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