except

柯林斯詞典

1. PREP You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true. 除…之外
I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in New York. 我儅時是不會接受一份除紐約以外任何其他地方的工作的。
2. CONJ Except is also a conjunction. 除了…
Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play. 弗雷迪不願告訴我他在寫什麼，衹說會是個聖誕劇本。
3. PHRASE You use except or except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true. 除了…
He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad. 除了一口沙拉，他什麼都沒喫。

She won't eat anything except chicken nuggets and chips .
The proposed change in the law would make abortion illegal except for strictly defined medical reasons .
She rarely ventured outside , except when she went to stock up on groceries at the corner shop .
The soldiers slept at night , except for one who stayed awake to keep watch .