except
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!
- 2.
(intransitive)To take exception, to object (to or against).
to except to a witness or his testimony
Yea, but methinks I hear some man except at these words […].
preposition
prepositionexcepte
- 1.
Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
Đồng nghĩa: apart from, except for, outtake, with the exception of
conjunction
conjunctionexcepte
- 1.
Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
You look a bit like my sister, except (that) she has longer hair.
I never made fun of her except teasingly.
To survive, I did everything except steal.
Come any time except between ten and twelve.
- 2.
(informal)Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.
They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.
I almost walked out, except I remembered the promise I had made.
- 3.
(archaic)Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.