Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play.

弗雷迪不愿告诉我他在写什么，只说会是个圣诞剧本。

He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.

除了一口沙拉，他什么都没吃。

Elephant shrews are found over most of Africa, except for the west.

在非洲的大多数地区都发现了象鼩，除了西非。

I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in New York.

我本来是除了去纽约工作以外什么都不会接受的。

No illness, except malaria, has caused as much death as smallpox.

除了疟疾以外，没有其他疾病比天花带来的死亡更多。