except,except for,besides,other than,apart from几个词的区别

except,except for,besides,other than,apart from几个词的区别

英语中意思为“除了……”的表达有except／except for／besides／apart from／but／but for／other than等，它们的用法复杂多变、难以掌握，学生常常为之困惑烦恼。本文将对其进行总结、归纳、练习，使学生能够系统地掌握它们的用法，消除学生几多愁。

1. except和besides都可解作“除……之外”?但含义不同。

except表示“从所提到的人或事物中除去，即从整体中除去一部分”，表示递减的概念，含义是否定的。besides表示“除了……之外，还有……”，指“在整体中加入一部分”，表示递加的概念，含义是肯定的。

试比较：

①We all went except him.

除他之外，我们都去了。(他没有去)

②We all went besides him.

除他之外，我们大家也都去了。(他也去了)

(1)besides常与other／more／else等词连用?except常与all／every／everyone／none／nobody／everything／nothing等总括词连用。

eg. He had other people to take care of besides me.

All the students in Class One went to the cinema except Li Ping.

(2)若句中没有实义动词do的某种形式?except后接动词不定式?而besides后接动词的-ing形式。

eg.I had no choice except to obey／besides obeying his order.

(3)若句中有实义动词do的某种形式?二者后面都可以接动词原形。

eg.She has nothing to do except／besides go with him.

(4)二者后面都可以接从句。

eg.①Besides that he explained the theory?he gave us some examples.

②He is a good student except that he sometimes comes late to school.

(5)except后面可接for(构成短语except for)或其他介词短语，而besides不能。

except for主要有三层含义：