1. 例外;除外 An exception is a particular thing, person, or situation that is not included in a general statement, judgment, or rule.
e.g. 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。 e.g. 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(méi)有任何獻花。
2. 不例外；無(wú)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.
e.g. Marketing is applied to everything these days, and books are no exception... 現在市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷(xiāo)已無(wú)處不在，圖書(shū)也不例外。 e.g. Most people have no real idea how to change to healthy food, and Maureen was no exception. 大多數人并不真正清楚究竟如何轉而食用健康食品，莫琳也是如此。
3. 證明普遍性的例外；規則必有例外 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.
e.g. Wine-making and accountants don't usually go together, but Thierry Hasard is an exception that proves the rule. 釀酒和會(huì )計通常不搭邊，而蒂埃里·阿薩爾卻是普遍中的例外。
4. 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.
e.g. He also took exception to having been spied on... 他也討厭被暗中監視。 e.g. And the problem is that they take exception to any kind of noise whatsoever. 問(wèn)題是他們反感任何形式的噪音。
5. 除…之外；不包括…在內 You use with the exception of to introduce a thing or person that is not included in a general statement that you are making.
exception的意思
e.g. 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。 e.g. In virtually every sport, with the possible exception of women's gymnastics, the players are now bigger and stronger than before. 幾乎在所有體育運動(dòng)中，可能除女子體操外，現在的運動(dòng)員都要比過(guò)去更加高大強壯。
6. 毫無(wú)例外；無(wú)一例外 You use without exception to emphasize that the statement you are making is true in all cases.
e.g. The vehicles are without exception old, rusty and dented... 那些車(chē)輛一律都很破舊，銹跡斑斑，布滿(mǎn)凹痕。 e.g. Almost without exception those convicted were our friends and colleagues. 那些被判有罪的人幾乎無(wú)一例外都是我們的朋友和同事。