except

besides, but, except, except for

动词 except:

1. take exception to
   同义词：demur
2. prevent from being included or considered or accepted
   同义词：exclude, leave out, leave off, omit, take out

1. They all went to sleep except me.
   除我之外，他们都去睡觉了。
2. I excepted James from my invitation.
   我没有邀请詹姆斯。

ex.cept

prep.Abbr. ex.,exc.（介词）缩写 ex.,exc.
With the exclusion of; other than; but:
除…之外；除外；除…之外：
例句：
everyone except me.
除我之处的所有人

conj.（连接词）
If it were not for the fact that; only:
如果不是；除…之外：
例句：
I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
如果不是它售价太高的话，我本想买下那件衣服

Otherwise than:
除此以外：
例句：
They didn`t open their mouths except to complain.
除了抱怨他们从不开口

Unless.
除非
v.（动词）
ex.cept.ed,ex.cept.ing,ex.cepts
v.tr.（及物动词）
To leave out; exclude:
排除；不包括：
例句：
An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.
收入场费，但儿童除外

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To object:
反对：
例句：
Counsel excepted to the court`s ruling.
律师反对法院的裁决

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin exceptus [past participle of] excipere [to exclude]
源自 拉丁语 exceptus [] excipere的过去分词 [不包括]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.出自…，向外.]
capere [to take] * see kap-
capere [拿走] *参见 kap-

Except in the sense of .with the exclusion of. or .other than. is generally construed as a preposition, not a conjunction.A personal pronoun that followsexcept is therefore in the objective case:
Except 含有.除…之外.或.除了.的意思时， 通常用作介词而不是连词。人称代词用于except 之后时通常用宾格：
例句：
No one except me knew it.
除我之外没人知道它；

例句：
Every member of the original cast was signed except her.
除她之外的原班演员都是签约雇佣的。