In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. There was no end.

——The Story of 1900

连绵不绝的城市，什么都有，除了尽头，没有尽头。

——《海上钢琴师》

一、下面我们来看看except有几种含义

conj.

要不是；除非 used before you mention sth that makes a statement not completely true

He is a good student except that he is occasionally careless.

他是个好学生，只是他偶而有些粗心。

 

prep.

1.除…外 used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true

Also he masters Russian except English.

除英语外，他也精通俄语。

 

v.

1.把…除外，不计 [T] to not include sb / sth

You will all be punished, I can except no one.

你们全得受罚，我一个也不饶。

 

2.反对，表示异议 [I] to oppose

Counsel excepted to the court's ruling.

律师反对法院的裁决。

 

二、词义辨析：还有哪些单词能表示“除……之外”的意思呢？

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。

 

三、最后，来做个填词游戏吧

They were all there _____ me.

除了我以外他们都在那里。