“except”用于指明从整体中除去一部分,强调排除的对象是整体的一部分,常与all, every, no, nothing等含有整体肯定或否定意义的词连用。例如,“He gets up early every day except Sunday.” 表示除了星期天外,他每天都很早起床。
“except for”则用于指出某事物中除了某个特定部分或细节之外的其他部分,通常用于说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定,并引出相反的原因或细节,从而部分地修正前面的主要意思,有时还带有惋惜意味。例如,“The room was very cold except for Jack, entirely empty.” 表示除了杰克在房间里,其他一切都空荡荡的。
总的来说,“except”和“except for”在具体使用时需要根据句子的语境和所要表达的意思来选择合适的用法。
1、I like all fruits except for bananas.(我喜欢除了香蕉之外的所有水果)
2、She enjoys hiking and camping, except for in the winter.(她喜欢徒步旅行和露营,除了冬天)
3、Everyone attended the party, except for John.(除了约翰,每个人都参加了聚会)
4、I have read all the books in the series, except for the last one.(我已经读了这个系列中的所有书,除了最后一本)
5、The restaurant serves a variety of dishes, except for seafood.(这家餐厅供应各种菜肴,除了海鲜)
1、Is there any better ways to beguile loneliness except eating?
排遣寂寞,除了吃之外,还有什么更好的方法呢?
2、The Swede stood quite still, except that his lips moved slightly.
那个瑞典人站着一动不动,只是嘴巴还微微在动。
3、I don't know much about John Milton except his "Paradise Lost".
我除了他的“失乐园”,对约翰·弥尔顿不甚了解。
4、He have no special fault except that he smoke too much
他除了抽烟抽得太凶太多之外,没有什麽特别的毛病。
5、Except for the silence, the videos were identical.
除了声音被消除之外,这两个视频是完全相同的。
6、At the beginning he had no feeling except sheer incredulity.
开始时他没有感觉,只觉得全然没法子相信。
7、I think I can take most medicine except for strong pain reliever.
除了止痛片以外大多数药我都可以服用。
8、They are exactly alike except that they have opposite electrical charges.
除了电荷相反外,它们完全一样。
9、Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.
金钱是她从未具体想过的一种商品。
10、They had died of fright. No one knows what they saw except it scared the hell out of them.
他们的死因是惊吓过度。没人知道他们看见了什么,大家只知道他们吓得把命都丢了。