单词 | except |
释义 | ex·cept I. transitive verb 1. < it is desirable to except all first-calf heifers in determining butterfat production averages > 2. obsolete intransitive verb 1. < except to a witness > < except thou wilt except against my love — Shakespeare > 2. II. also excepting 1. < the stores will remain open daily except Sundays > < excepting Christmas we did not have one really pleasant holiday > : save < he could do little except write > 2. < you cannot hope to keep them except in sealed containers > < you could never have lost your way except by your own carelessness > < I take no orders except from the king — G.B.Shaw > III. also excepting 1. < I will not let thee go, except thou bless me — Gen 32:26 (Authorized Version) > < horses had been man's only means of land travel, except he walked — Hugh McCausland > < I wouldn't go near the old gossip except I had to > < never does he sit down at table except it is crowded with guests — Upton Sinclair > 2. < I would buy a new suit except I have no money > < a furious energy drove me to all kinds of bodily and mental exercise, without any particular direction except that I felt sure I was going to be a great poet — John Reed > IV. obsolete |
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