besides, but, except, except for

動詞 except:

1. take exception to
   同義詞：demur
2. prevent from being included or considered or accepted
   同義詞：exclude, leave out, leave off, omit, take out

1. They all went to sleep except me.
   除我之外，他們都去睡覺了。
2. I excepted James from my invitation.
   我沒有邀請詹姆斯。

ex.cept

prep.Abbr. ex.,exc.（介詞）縮寫 ex.,exc.
With the exclusion of; other than; but:
除…之外；除外；除…之外：
例句：
everyone except me.
除我之處的所有人

conj.（連接詞）
If it were not for the fact that; only:
如果不是；除…之外：
例句：
I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
如果不是它售價太高的話，我本想買下那件衣服

Otherwise than:
除此以外：
例句：
They didn`t open their mouths except to complain.
除了抱怨他們從不開口

Unless.
除非
v.（動詞）
ex.cept.ed,ex.cept.ing,ex.cepts
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To leave out; exclude:
排除；不包括：
例句：
An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.
收入場費，但兒童除外

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To object:
反對：
例句：
Counsel excepted to the court`s ruling.
律師反對法院的裁決

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin exceptus [past participle of] excipere [to exclude]
源自 拉丁語 exceptus [] excipere的過去分詞 [不包括]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前綴，表.出自…，向外.]
capere [to take] * see kap-
capere [拿走] *參見 kap-

Except in the sense of .with the exclusion of. or .other than. is generally construed as a preposition, not a conjunction.A personal pronoun that followsexcept is therefore in the objective case:
Except 含有.除…之外.或.除了.的意思時， 通常用作介詞而不是連詞。人稱代詞用于except 之后時通常用賓格：
例句：
No one except me knew it.
除我之外沒人知道它；

例句：
Every member of the original cast was signed except her.
除她之外的原班演員都是簽約雇傭的。