一、except表示“除去,不包括”,强调所排除的“不包括在内”,一般表示同类之间的关系,常同nothing,all, none, nobody, any等不定代词以及every连用。except 经常接名词或代词,但也可接副词,介词短语。例如:
1.You can have any of the cakes except this one. 除了这块蛋糕,你哪块都能吃。
2.She saw nothing except snow. 除了雪她什么也没看见。
二、except经常接名词、代词,也可接副词,介词短语,不带to的不定式或从句等。例如:
1.She doesn’t do anything except sit and watch TV. 除了坐着看电视外,她什么也不做。
2.He usually goes to work by bicycle except when it rains.除了下雨的时候,他通常骑自行车去上班。
1、I had nothing on except for my socks. 我除了短袜什么都没穿。
2、The walls were bare except for a clock. 墙上除了一只挂钟什么也没有。
3、There was no light except for the occasional glow of a cigarette. 除偶尔有香烟的微弱红光外没有一点亮光。
4、She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes. 她除了那双乌黑的眼睛外,跟他没有一点儿相像。