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's a good man, except for his short temper.
他是个好人，除了气粗些。 - Except for you, I should be dead by now.
如果不是你，我早就死了。 - Which would make him a giant, except for this.
除了这之外，他有可能是个巨人。 - Apart from [ Except for] a few grammatical mistakes, this composition of yours is well written.
除了几处语法错误之外，你这篇作文写得不错。 - She sipped the wine. Everything was hazy now, except for Nick's face
她小口地抿着酒。现在一切都变得模糊起来，除了尼克的脸。 - I spent the rest of the voyage in this chamber, except for one night.
我在这间小卧房内度过了余下的航程，除了一个晚上。 - She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes.
她除了那双乌黑的眼睛外，跟他没有一点儿相像。 - I don't know much about this place, except for the pits.
除了那些深渊之外，我对这个地方了解的并不多。 - The street was deserted except for a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones.
街上空无一人，只有一只猫在结霜的石砖上拾爪而行。 - 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。