英语词汇“except”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	except
释义	except except¹ /ik sept"/, prep. 1. with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me. 2. except for, if it were not for: She would travel more except for lack of money. conj. 3. only; with the exception (usually fol. by that): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other. 4. otherwise than; but (fol. by an adv., phrase, or clause): well fortified except here. 5. Archaic. unless. [1350-1400; ME: orig., ptp. adj. < L exceptus (ptp. of excipere to take out), equiv. to ex- EX-¹ + -ceptus (comb. form of captus, ptp. of capere to take)] Syn. 1. EXCEPT (more rarely EXCEPTING), BUT, SAVE point out something excluded from a general statement. EXCEPT emphasizes the excluding: Take any number except 12. BUT merely states the exclusion: We ate all but one. SAVE is now mainly found in poetic use: nothing in sight save sky and sea. except² —exceptable, adj. /ik sept"/, v.t. 1. to exclude; leave out: present company excepted. v.i. 2. to object (usually fol. by to or against): to except to a statement; to except against a witness. [1350-1400; ME excepten < MF excepter < L exceptare, deriv. of exceptus (see EXCEPT¹)] Usage. See accept.
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