except

动词 v. 介词 prep. 连词 conj.
中文释义
英 /ɪkˈsɛpt/|/ɛkˈsɛpt/    美 /ɪkˈsɛpt/|/ɛkˈsɛpt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To exclude; to specify as being an exception. transitive
    — I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!
  2. To take exception, to object (to or against). intransitive
    — to except to a witness or his testimony
介词 prep.
  1. Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
    — There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
连词 conj.
  1. Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
    — You look a bit like my sister, except (that) she has longer hair.
  2. Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc. informal
    — They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.
  3. Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist. archaic
    — And they sayde: We have no moo but five loves and two fisshes, except we shulde goo and bye meate for all this people.

词形变化

excepts present,singular,third-person excepting participle,present excepted participle,past excepted past excepte alternative,archaic,rare excepte alternative,archaic,rare excepte alternative,archaic,rare

词汇关系

反义词
in addition to for example even
相关词
exception excipient

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
词源 3
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
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