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
- He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad
除了一餐叉色拉，他什么都没吃。 - You have now seen how to use all the parts of a FLWOR expression except for the let clause.
您已经看到了如何使用FLWOR表达式的所有部分，除了一个部分：let子句。 - 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。 - Except for you, I should be dead by now.
如果不是你，我早就死了。 - The quality of this cloth is fine, but the colour is not quite right.; The cloth is quite good except for the colour.
这块布质量挺好，就是颜色差点儿。 - All of the people have arrived except for you.
除你之外所有的人都到了。 - Except for her illnesses, she had had a particularly happy childhood
除了体弱多病外，她的童年特别幸福。 - He's a good man, except for his short temper.
他是个好人，除了气粗些。 - 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。 - 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。