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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·cept
DATE 14th century : with the exclusion or exception of daily except Sundays
verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from ex- + capere to take — more at heave DATE 14th century transitive verb : to take or leave out from a number or a whole : exclude intransitive verb : to take exception : object
conjunction also excepting DATE 15th century 1. on any other condition than that : unless except you repent 2. with this exception, namely was inaccessible except by boat 3. only — often followed by that I would go except that it's too far English Etymology except late 14c., from L. exceptus, pp. of excipere "take out," from ex-"out" + capere "to take" (see capable). Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction. To take exception is from excipere being used in Roman law as a modern attorney would say objection. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ except ex·cept / ik5sept / preposition(also ex'cept for) used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true (用于所言不包括的人或事物前)除…之外 SYN apart from :
We work every day except Sunday. 我们除星期天外每天都工作。 They all came except Matt. 除马特外他们都来了。 I had nothing on except for my socks. 我除了短袜什么都还没穿。 ⇨ note at besides conjunction~ (that...) used before you mention sth that makes a statement not completely true 除了；只是 SYN apart from the fact that :
I didn't tell him anything except that I needed the money. 我什么都没告诉他,只是说我需要钱。 Our dresses were the same except mine was red. 我们的连衣裙是一样的,只是我的那件是红色。 verb[VN] [usually passive] ~ sb / sth (from sth) (formal) to not include sb / sth 不包括；不计；把…除外: Children under five are excepted from the survey. 五岁以下的儿童不在调查之列。 The sanctions ban the sale of any products excepting medical supplies and food. 国际制裁禁止销售医药用品和食物以外的任何产品。 Tours are arranged all year round (January excepted). 全年都提供观光旅游(一月份除外)。 IDIOMS ⇨ see present adj. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: EXCLUDE , bar, bate, count out, debar, eliminate, rule out, suspend Related Words: omit, pass over; exempt; reject Contrasted Words: incorporate, receive, work in Antonyms: admit 2 Synonyms: OBJECT 1, expostulate, inveigh (against), kick, protest, remonstratev. Function: preposition with the exclusion or exception of FF1C;except Christmas, we had no long holidayFF1E; Synonyms: apart from, aside from, bar, barring, bating, beside, besides, but, ||cep, except for, excluding, exclusive of, outside, outside of, save, saving v. Function: conjunction 1 on any other condition than that FF1C;wouldn't go near that woman except I had toFF1E; Synonyms: but, save, saving, unless, ||without 2 Synonyms: ONLY , but, however, save, yetWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·cept I. \ikˈsept, ek-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English excepten, from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptare, from exceptus, past participle of excipere, to take out, make an exception of, take, receive, from ex- ex- (I) + -cipere (from capere to take) — more at heave transitive verb 1. : to take or leave out (something) from a number or a whole :exclude or omit (as from consideration) < it is desirable to except all first-calf heifers in determining butterfat production averages > 2. obsolete : to offer as objection; also : to protest against intransitive verb 1. : to take exception : object — usually used with to, sometimes with against < except to a witness > < except thou wilt except against my love — Shakespeare > 2. : to enter an exception in law II. \ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷, rapid (ˌ)sep(t)\ preposition also excepting Etymology: except from Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle; excepting from Middle English, from present participle of excepten 1. : with the exclusion or exception of < 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. : otherwise, elsewhere, or for other reason than : other than : but < 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. conjunction also excepting Etymology: except from Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle; excepting from excepting, preposition 1. : on any other condition than that : unless < 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. : only — used with or without that < 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. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English excepten, from Latin exceptus, past participle obsolete : accept |
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