Exception
[ɪk'sepʃ(ə)n;ek-] or [ɪk'sɛpʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a deliberate act of omission; 'with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news'.
(noun.) an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; 'all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child'; 'an exception tests the rule'.
(noun.) grounds for adverse criticism; 'his authority is beyond exception'.
巴拉克編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
(n.) That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.
(n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted.
(n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
杰弗里整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Exclusion.[2]. Objection.[3]. Instance to be excepted.
校對:瓦珥
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Qualification, separation, exclusion
ANT:Statement, rule, class, proposition
乔伊手打
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class as an honest man a truthful woman etc. 'The exception proves the rule ' is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin 'Exceptio probat regulam ' means that the exception tests the rule puts it to the proof not confirms it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal.
編輯:路易斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The only exception I made was Mrs. Woodcourt. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I made an exception of you at first. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Well, I am glad at least that she makes an exception in favor of my son, said the old lady. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The war of the rebellion was no exception to this rule, and the story of the apple tree is one of those fictions based on a slight foundation of fact. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The one exception was Count Fosco. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- With this exception, their good-humour was completely restored; and the evening concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- These photographs, which may be considered the first durable ones that had been obtained, were, with one exception, taken on plates made of pewter. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- From the first I was tempted to make an exception to this rule of avoidance: the seclusion, the very gloom of the walk attracted me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- With the exception of their ornaments all were naked. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The common rule requires submission; and it is only in cases of grievous tyranny and oppression, that the exception can take place. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I think they are, without exception, the most vulgar girls in Highbury. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The English revolution was no exception. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I have told you all my past life, with the exception of Melnos, and that I did not think worth while relating. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- All the apes had hair upon theirs but the black men were entirely hairless, with very few exceptions. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- With some exceptions, presently to be given, I fully admit that this is the rule. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Or must we admit exceptions? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The exceptions occurring among Brahmins or Mahometans or the ancient Persians, are of that sort which may be said to prove the rule. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- She forbears to judge them as a whole, but she has her exceptions whom she admires--Louis and Mr. Hall, and, of late, yourself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In a rough way and with many exceptions, democracy compels law to approximate human need. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- True, holy father, said the knight; but the devil is apt to keep an eye on such exceptions; he goes about, thou knowest, like a roaring lion. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Yet some striking exceptions there are among us, from the fact that the negro is naturally more impressible to religious sentiment than the white. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- In every case there is the rule and there are the exceptions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The austere system of morality has, accordingly, been adopted by those sects almost constantly, or with very few exceptions; for there have been some. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- One of the exceptions proving the rule may perhaps be met in Edison, though all depends on the point of view. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And even to this are there not exceptions? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- There are a few exceptions, but they are such as can give no interruption to any important branch of inland commerce of the country. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Characters there may be more than human, who are exceptions--God may save a man, but not his own strength. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
整理:弗娜