Most children like sweets, but there are some exceptions. 大多数孩子都喜欢吃糖果,但也有一些例外。
He took great exception to what I said. 他极力反对我的话。
There is always an exception to any rule. 任何规律总有例外。
exception
[ noun ]
a deliberate act of omission
<noun.cognition> with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news
an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
<noun.cognition> all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child an exception tests the rule
grounds for adverse criticism
<noun.communication> his authority is beyond exception
Exception \Ex*cep"tion\ ([e^]k*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.] 1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
2. 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.
Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. --Cowper.
Note: Often with to.
That proud exception to all nature's laws. --Pope.
3. (Law) 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. --Burrill.
4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. --Bentley.
He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. --Bacon.
She takes exceptions at your person. --Shak.
{Bill of exceptions} (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review.
One exception was New York based Paramount Capital Group Inc., which runs a popular dividend-capture strategy called buy-writes.
The new transport and construction ministers meet often to try to co-ordinate policy in areas like urban development and infrastructure spending, where their departments were sometimes at loggerheads. This co-operation is the exception at the moment.
The trip is an exception to travel restrictions attached to his release on bail while he awaits a March trial on charges he helped the late leader of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, and his wife, Imelda, defraud their national treasury.
An exception was in the District of Columbia, where Democrats nominated Sharon Pratt Dixon for mayor, the clear outsider in a five-candidate field.
Most global, 24-hour trading has been dealer to dealer, with the exception of a number of the large Japanese stocks and a handful of U.S. issues that trade in Tokyo, London and the U.S.
But Allen said this exception cannot be applied to all rape cases.
There is normally little fighting in Afghanistan during Ramadan, the Moslem month of fasting that began March 27. Khost, near Pakistan's western border, is the exception this year.
He has never been to the Soviet Union or to the Middle East, with the exception of Saudi Arabia.
'With the exception of a negligible growth in the second quarter of 1992, manufacturers have not seen growth since the beginning of 1990 and are still forecasting further decline as we start 1993,' the report said.
And it establishes clear guidelines and limits, providing an exception for providers of personal services such as baby sitters or housekeepers to recognize the privacy of the family, the marriage contract and the home.
Most animal fats are 45% saturated. A notable and healthy exception is fish; if fish carried such a load of saturated fat, they'd become stiff as boards in cold water and couldn't swim.
On the offensive are the various human-rights advocates, who have tirelessly sought to portray all vigilantes, without exception, as right-wing death squads or murderous fanatics.
Meanwhile, those bank cards seem to be an exception to the new conservatism of lenders.
The Senate Banking Committee is drafting a bill that would give the administration much of what it wants, with one significant exception: Commercial companies wouldn't be allowed to own banks.
Two-child families are becoming an exception, as if the whole nation has lost faith in its future and is silently renouncing its right of existence.
Mr. Hodel made the designation despite the unanimous conclusion of the National Park Service Advisory Board that the site didn't merit an exception to its rule of waiting at least 50 years after a historic incident to designate a landmark.
Japan claims its rice import ban is legal under a "state trading" exception to the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the world's trade tribunal.
With the exception of Board of Trade Clearing Corp. and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which already use the service, exchanges currently must telephone one another to keep track of a firm's position.
But with exception of PepsiCo, which has risen more than 23% since the end of 1986, the selections haven't kept pace with the Dow Jones Industrials' 20% advance.
Social engineering, which is what 'back to basics' means if it means anything at all, is apparently the exception.
At first he thought he'd picked up a type of mushroom, and it took a year to discover and prove it was an exception to the sexual rule.
But at a time when the United States has been emphasizing democractic development in the hemisphere, the administration felt it could not make an exception by showing friendship toward Pinochet.
The state broadcasting network RAI had carried the match live to show the journalists' "sensibility" to the nation's soccer fever. The broadcast, which involves the services of journalists, was the only exception on Wednesday to the no-work day.
The committee agreed to make permanent and widen a soon-to-expire exception once pushed by the wine-making Gallo brothers of California but that would help any multimillionaire with grandchildren.
With the exception of the two missing Marines, no Americans were injured or killed in those battles.
Nothing comes easy in the Sahel, a huge belt of land on the southern fringe of the Sahara, and the good rains are no exception. More than 100 lives were lost in torrential rains, thousands of homes destroyed and some farmland flooded.
I take exception to the assertion by Kevin Gordon that "40% to 60%" of Catholic clerics are homosexual.
The exception was Mr. Takeshita's predecessor, Yasuhiro Nakasone, who stepped down in October after five years.
Its last assistant manager, who retired a few weeks ago, had been there since the age of 14 with a brief break for fire-watching duty during the Coventry blitz. Continuity of employment, however, has become the exception rather than the rule.
"We take strong exception to her claim that we target underage consumers or mislead the public in any way," Mr. Appleman said.