prep. 除...外, 要不是, 只是

Except \Ex*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excepted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Excepting}.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or
draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F.
excepter. See {Capable}.]
1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole
as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

Who never touched
The excepted tree. --Milton.

Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the
judge) all other things concurred. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.

2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] --Shak.


Excepting \Ex*cept"ing\, prep. & conj., but properly a
participle.
With rejection or exception of; excluding; except.
``Excepting your worship's presence.'' --Shak.

No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting
by himself. --Lubbock.