Besides doing the cooking I look after the garden.除了做饭之外我还得管园子。
I know nothing besides what I have told you.除了我已对你说的之外,其他的我别无所知。
二、but与except的用法
1.but和except均可表示“除……外不再有……”,但两者在含义上有细微差别:but侧重指意义的几乎完整性,而except则侧重指后面除去的部分。比较:
All are here but one.除一个人都到了。
All are here except one.还有一个人没到。
2.在现代英语中,but的介词用法十分有限,一般说来,它只能用在下列词语之后:
①no, no one, nobody, nothing, nowhere等
②any, anyone, anybody, anything, anywhere等
③every, everyone, everybody, everything, everywhere等
④all, none等
⑤who, what, where等
请看以下典型例句:
Everyone was there but him.除他之外,大家都在。
I have told this to no one but you.除你之外,这事我没告诉任何人。
You can come any day but Friday.除了星期五之外,你哪天来都行。
I’ll do anything but that.我绝不会干那种事。
一般说来,若没有出现上述词汇,就不宜使用介词but,否则可能造成错句。但是except却没有以上限制。比较:
正:The window is never openedexcept in summer.除夏天外,这扇窗户从不打开。
误:The window is never opened but in summer.
3.but通常不能置于句首,而except一般不能置于句首。如:
除我之外每个人都累了。
正:Everyone is tired but (except) me.
正:Everyone but