except for
英 [ɪkˈsept fɔː(r)]
美 [ɪkˈsept fɔːr]
除了
同义词辨析
exceptbutexcept forsave【导航词义：除…外】
exceptprep. 除…之外
〔辨析〕
侧重于排除在外，即从整体里除去。
〔例证〕
I can answer all the questions except this one.
除了这个问题外，我可以回答所有的问题。
They all went to sleep except Tony.
除托尼之外，他们都去睡觉了。
除了这个问题外，我可以回答所有的问题。
They all went to sleep except Tony.
除托尼之外，他们都去睡觉了。
butprep. 除…之外
〔辨析〕
词义同except，可换用，但语气较弱，且常与 nothing, nobody, anywhere, everything 等词连用。
〔例证〕
We had nothing to do but/except wait.
除了等待之外，我们一筹莫展。
There was no one but/except me in the classroom.
教室里只有我一个人。
除了等待之外，我们一筹莫展。
There was no one but/except me in the classroom.
教室里只有我一个人。
except forprep. 除了，除…之外
〔辨析〕
多用于引出使陈述不能完全成立的事物，有时也强调美中不足之处，通常只可后接名词或代词。
〔例证〕
Your composition is good except for some spelling mistakes.
除了有几个拼写错误外，你的作文整体上写得很好。
The bus was empty except for one young lady.
公共汽车上很空，只有一位年轻的女士。
除了有几个拼写错误外，你的作文整体上写得很好。
The bus was empty except for one young lady.
公共汽车上很空，只有一位年轻的女士。
saveprep. 〈正式〉除了，除…之外
〔辨析〕
词义同 except，可换用，但略显过时。
〔例证〕
We're all here save/except Tom.
除了汤姆，我们都在。
The window is never opened save/except in summer.
这扇窗户只在夏天打开。
除了汤姆，我们都在。
The window is never opened save/except in summer.
这扇窗户只在夏天打开。
双语例句
- I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books
我把我所有的东西都卖掉了，只剩下汽车和书。 - Except for me, all the world has gone mad.
我的一切变了、全世界疯了。 - Sprint and Iteration: Sprint and Iteration follow the same underlying principle, except for the difference of duration.
Sprint和迭代：Sprint和迭代遵循相同的基础原则，只是持续时间不同。 - Which would make him a giant, except for this.
除了这之外，他有可能是个巨人。 - Except for you, I should be dead by now.
如果不是你，我早就死了。 - He's a good man, except for his short temper.
他是个好人，除了气粗些。 - She sipped the wine. Everything was hazy now, except for Nick's face
她小口地抿着酒。现在一切都变得模糊起来，除了尼克的脸。 - Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess
除了厨房特别干净外，这地方一片狼藉。 - Except for the persons she had gone to knock up, everyone was present.
除了她刚才去敲门叫唤的那些人之外，其余的人都来了。 - The region is uninhabited except for a few scattered mountain villages.
除了几个零星的小山村之外，这个地区杳无人烟。