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Define except for:

ad. 除了(除...外)

例句与用法:

1.A banana is mainly pulp, except for its skin.香蕉除了果皮之外，主要是果肉。
2.No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.除非是傻瓜，从未有人为金钱以外的东西写文章。

3.This area is peaceful except for a few skirmishes in the distance.除了远处的零星的小冲突之外，这个地区是和平的。

4.I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days.在三伏天里，除了游泳，我什么事也做不成。

5.It\'s a nice pub, except for the landlord.酒店很不错，但是那店主却不怎么样。

6.I can answer all the questions except for the last.所有的题我都会答, 只是最後一题不会.

7.The meal was excellent except for (ie with the exception of) the first course.这顿饭好极了, 只是第一道菜稍差.

8.Nothing remains except for me to say goodbye.最後我该说一声再见了.

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Define except: [ ik\'\'sept ]

v. 除,除外,反对
prep. 除了...之外,若不是,除非

例句与用法:1.I excepted James from my invitation.

我没有邀请詹姆斯。
2.They all went to sleep except me.

除我之外，他们都去睡觉了。
3.I can answer all the questions except for the last.

所有的题我都会答, 只是最後一题不会.
4.Only children under five are excepted from this survey.

这次调查仅仅不包括五岁以下的儿童.
5.She remembered nothing (about him) except that his hair was black.

她（对他）什麽都不记得, 只记得他的头发是黑的.
6.The meal was excellent except for (ie with the exception of) the first course.

这顿饭好极了, 只是第一道菜稍差.
7.The two books are the same except (for the fact) that this one has an answer key at the back.

除了这本书後面有问题答案以外, 这两本书完全一样.
8.We all had to take part in the training run, with nobody excepted.

我们大家都得参加跑步训练, 无人例外.

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Define besides:

ad. 此外
prep. 除...之外

例句与用法:1.The play was badly acted, besides being far too long.

这出戏除了太长之外, 演得也不好.
2.I haven\'t time to see the film besides, it\'s had dreadful reviews.

我没有时间去看这部影片--再说, 影评也诸多贬斥.
3.No one writes to me besides you.

除你以外, 没有人给我写信.
4.Peter is our youngest child, and we have three others besides.

彼得是我们最小的孩子, 我们另外还有三个孩子.
5.There will be five of us for dinner, besides John.

除约翰外, 还有我们五个人要一起吃饭.
6.She has no relations besides an aged aunt.

她除了有一个年老的伯母以外, 再没有亲戚了.
7.All other anxieties paled into insignificance besides the possibility of war.

和可能打仗相比，所有其他忧虑都变得微不足道了。



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Define but for:

倘没有,要不是

例句与用法:1.But for your advice, I should have failed.

要不是你的忠告，我会失败的。
2.But for music (=Were it not for music), life would be dull.

要不是音乐，人生会很无聊。
3.But for the rain we would have had a nice holiday.

要不是因为下雨, 我们的假日一定过得很惬意.
4.But for the note you left, I would have forgotten to close the door.

倘非你留的条子我就忘记关门了。
5.But for the safety-belt I wouldn\'t be alive today.

若没有安全带，我就不能活到今天。
6.This vase would be perfect but for a few small flaws in its base.

这花瓶底部没有那几个小斑点就十全十美了.
7.The sale was supposed to last for a week, but for all practical purposes it\'s over.

减价销售原来预料要持续一周, 然而实际上现在已经结束了.
8.I like most cities, but for me New York is (the) tops.

一般的城市我都很喜欢, 但最喜欢纽约.