except

英 [ɪk'sept; ek-] 美 [ɪk'sɛpt]

1、ex- "out" + cept-.
2、含义：take out, leave out.

except 除了

ex-, 向外。-cept, 拿，握，词源同captive, accept.

except: except: [14] If you except something, you literally ‘take it out’. The verb comes from exceptus, the past participle of Latin excipere, a compound formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and capere ‘take’ (source of English capture). The use of the word as a preposition, and subsequently as a conjunction, arose from the adjectival use of the Latin past participle exceptus for ‘excepted, excluded’ (as in modern English ‘present company excepted’).
=> captive, capture, chase, heave
except (v.): late 14c., "to receive," from Middle French excepter (12c.), from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere "to take out, withdraw; make an exception, reserve," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Meaning "to leave out" is from 1510s. Related: Excepted; excepting. Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction (late 14c.).

1. He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.: 除了一餐叉色拉，他什么都没吃。

2. 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。

3. Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess.: 除了厨房特别干净外，这地方一片狼藉。

4. I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books.: 我把我所有的东西都卖掉了，只剩下汽车和书。

5. The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep.: 除了吹得堆积起来的地方，雪只有小腿肚深。