except for词意辨析
besides, but, except, except for这些前置词或短语均含“除……之外”之意。
besides: 着重于指另外还有。
but: 侧重指不包括在内。
except: 侧重于排除在外,从整体里减去。可与but换用,但语气较强。
except for: 多用于在说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定,还引出相反的原因或细节,从而部分地修正前面的主要意思,含惋惜意味。
except for例句
- Nothing remains except for me to say goodbye.
最後我该说一声再见了。
- The meal was excellent except for (ie with the exception of) the first course.
这顿饭好极了,只是第一道菜稍差。
- I can answer all the questions except for the last.
所有的题我都会答,只是最後一题不会。
- It's a nice pub, except for the landlord.
酒店很不错,但是那店主却不怎么样。
- I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days.
在三伏天里,除了游泳,我什么事也做不成。
- This area is peaceful except for a few skirmishes in the distance.
除了远处的零星的小冲突之外,这个地区是和平的。
- No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
除非是傻瓜,从未有人为金钱以外的东西写文章。
- A banana is mainly pulp, except for its skin.
香蕉除了果皮之外,主要是果肉。