1.except用作及物动词时的基本意思是“把…除外”。引申可指“免除”,一般接人作宾语,且通常用于否定结构。
2.except与介词to或against连用,意为“反对…”; 与介词for连用表示“不包括在…之内”。

except against(v.+prep.)
反对 be against (sth)
▲except against sth
She excepted against this statement.她反对这个声明。

except from(v.+prep.)
不包括(某人)在…之内 not be included in (sth)
▲except sb from sth
I excepted him from my invitation.我邀请的人里不包括他。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
I discovered that I had been excepted from the list of those who were being sent to Italy.我发现我并没有包括在派往意大利去的人的名单上。

except to(v.+prep.)
反对,对…存有异议 be against (sth)
▲except to sth
They all excepted to the statement.他们都对这项声明存有异议。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
When I say that the boys are lazy,I except you.我说男孩懒惰,不包括你在内。
You will be punished,I can except no one.你们都得受到惩罚,我不放过任何人。
All the students are late, not excepting John.所有学生都迟到了,约翰也不例外。
其他
All of us, nobody excepted, agree to his suggestion.我们大家,无人例外,都赞成他的建议。

1.except用作介词可表示“除…之外”,通常指所排除的事物不在所述范围之内,后面可接名词或代词。
2.except可接反身代词、副词、介词短语或状语从句,也可接(省略to的)动词不定式、动名词、基数词,还可接that或wh-从句。

except for
1.除…之外 apart from
Except for smoking and drinking, he is a thrifty man.除了抽烟、喝酒,他是个生活节俭的人。
His composition is excellent except for some grammatical mistakes.他的作文写得很好,只有几处语法错误。
2.若不是 but for
The translation is well done except for a few small mistakes.除却几处小错,翻译练习做得就是很好的了。
She is pretty except for the fact that her eyes are too big.若不是她的眼睛太大,她是很漂亮的。

Everybody except me looks down upon him.除了我以外人们都瞧不起他。
All the essays are good except John's.除了约翰的,所有的文章都很好。
No one trusts him except himself.除了他自己,没有人相信他。
I didn't see him, except casually, in two months.我两个月里一直没有见过他,除了偶尔相遇。
She rarely went anywhere except to her office.她除了去办公室以外,很少去别的地方。
I like her except when she is angry.我喜欢她,只要她不发脾气。
He could do little except write.他除了会写之外,其他什么都不行。
Nothing remains for us to do except sort up letters.除了把信件分类外,我们没有什么可干的。
She couldn't get any other job except waiting at table.除了当侍者,她找不到任何工作。
I know nothing about him except that he lives next door.我对他一无所知,只知道他住在隔壁。
I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西。

except, except for
except和except for都有“除…”的意思。
1.except表示只是单纯地将其后所接的人或事物排除在外; except for表示“除了…”“只是…”,引述一个相反的原因或细节,部分地修正了句中的意思。
2.前后有相称的同类语时,只能用except,不用except for。

except, but
这两个词都表示“除…外”。but和except都表示从整体中除去部分,但在but的句子里,着重在整体; 在用except的句子里,着重在除去的部分。

except (for), apart from, besides
参见apart条。

I would go, except it's too far.我想去,只是太远了。

［同义词］ prep. besides, but, other than