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例外;除外
An exception is a particular thing, person, or situation that is not included in a general statement, judgment, or rule.
例句
Few guitarists can sing as well as they can play; Eddie, however, is an exception...
很少有吉他手唱歌像彈吉他那么好，然而埃迪是個(gè)例外。
There were no floral offerings at the ceremony, with the exception of a single red rose...
除了一朵紅色玫瑰花外，儀式上沒有任何獻(xiàn)花。
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PHRASE
不例外；無例外
If you make a general statement, and then say that something or someone is no exception, you are emphasizing that they are included in that statement.
例句
Marketing is applied to everything these days, and books are no exception...
現(xiàn)在市場營銷已無處不在，圖書也不例外。
Most people have no real idea how to change to healthy food, and Maureen was no exception.
大多數(shù)人并不真正清楚究竟如何轉(zhuǎn)而食用健康食品，莫琳也是如此。
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PHRASE
證明普遍性的例外；規(guī)則必有例外
If you are making a general statement and you say that something is the exception that proves the rule, you mean that although it seems to contradict your statement, in most other cases your statement will be true.
例句
Wine-making and accountants don't usually go together, but Thierry Hasard is an exception that proves the rule.
釀酒和會計(jì)通常不搭邊，而蒂埃里·阿薩爾卻是普遍中的例外。
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PHRASE
反感;厭惡
If you take exception to something, you feel offended or annoyed by it, usually with the result that you complain about it.
例句
He also took exception to having been spied on...
他也討厭被暗中監(jiān)視。
And the problem is that they take exception to any kind of noise whatsoever.
問題是他們反感任何形式的噪音。
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PREP-PHRASE
除…之外；不包括…在內(nèi)
You use with the exception of to introduce a thing or person that is not included in a general statement that you are making.
例句
Yesterday was a day off for everybody, with the exception of Lawrence...
昨天所有人都放一天假，勞倫斯除外。
In virtually every sport, with the possible exception of women's gymnastics, the players are now bigger and stronger than before.
幾乎在所有體育運(yùn)動(dòng)中，可能除女子體操外，現(xiàn)在的運(yùn)動(dòng)員都要比過去更加高大強(qiáng)壯。
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PHRASE
毫無例外；無一例外
You use without exception to emphasize that the statement you are making is true in all cases.
例句
The vehicles are without exception old, rusty and dented...
那些車輛一律都很破舊，銹跡斑斑，布滿凹痕。
Almost without exception those convicted were our friends and colleagues.
那些被判有罪的人幾乎無一例外都是我們的朋友和同事。