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
- Which would make him a giant, except for this.
除了这之外，他有可能是个巨人。 - The coffin lying before the altar was bare, except for a single wreath of white roses
祭台前的棺木上除了仅有的一个白玫瑰花圈外，没有其他任何装饰。 - 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 one old lady, the bus was empty.
公共汽车上除了一位老太太，没有其他人了。 - Except for the transitional elements, valency electrons are in the outermost electron shell.
除去过渡元素外，价电子位于最外面的电子层。 - This is a good novel, except for the long and tedious ending.
这本小说很好，美中不足的是结尾太冗长了。 - Apart from [ Except for] a few grammatical mistakes, this composition of yours is well written.
除了几处语法错误之外，你这篇作文写得不错。 - The night was very quiet except for the ticking of the clock.
夜很静，只有钟摆滴答滴答地响。 - 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。 - 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。