exception
noun[CorU]
uk/ɪkˈsep.ʃən/us/ɪkˈsep.ʃən/B2
someone or something that is notincludedin arule,group, orlistor that does notbehavein theexpectedway:
除外的人;例外的事物Men are usuallyquitegood at map-reading but Tim is the exception.通常男性都很会看地图,但蒂姆却是个例外。
There are exceptionstoeveryrule.每条规则皆有例外。
I like allkindsofmovieswith theexceptionof(= but not)horrormovies.除了恐怖片,各种电影我都爱看。
Herbooksare alwaysentertainingand this one isnoexception.她写的书总是妙趣横生,这本也不例外。
You mustreporthere everyTuesdaywithoutexception.你每周二都必须来此报告,不得有例外。
make an exception
C1
to nottreatsomeone or somethingaccordingto theusualrules:
破例;作为例外We don't usuallyacceptlateapplications, but in thiscasewe will make an exception.通常我们不受理逾期的申请,但这种情况下我们可以破一次例。
take exception tosomething/someone
C2
to beoffendedor madeangryby something or someone:
因…而不悦;生…的气;因…而忿恨Why did you take exception to what he said? He was onlyjoking.你何必因为他说的那些话生气呢?他只不过是在开玩笑嘛。
- I wouldn'tnormallyagreebut I'll make an exception in thiscase.
- People mustobservethelaw. Nobody should be an exception.
- With the exception of Jonathan Edwards,Britainhad nolikelymedalwinnersintrackandfield.
- Themanageronlybendstherulesas anabsoluteexception.
- A man whostaysathometolookafter thechildrenis an exception,eventoday.
Different and difference
- altered
- alternative
- anomalous
- another
- anything
- dissimilar
- dissimilitude
- distinct
- distinction
- distinctive
- non-uniform
- non-uniformity
- nonequivalence
- nonequivalent
- nonhomogeneous
- variation
- varied
- various
- various and sundryidiom
- which is whichidiom
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Exceptional qualities, things and people
Idiom
the exception that proves the rule