Exception

(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'.

巴拉克编辑

• The only exception I made was Mrs. Woodcourt. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I made an exception of you at first. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Well, I am glad at least that she makes an exception in favor of my son, said the old lady. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• 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·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• 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. 神奇的知识之书.
• The one exception was Count Fosco. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• With this exception, their good-humour was completely restored; and the evening concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• 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·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• 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. 维莱特.
• With the exception of their ornaments all were naked. 埃德加·赖斯·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. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I think they are, without exception, the most vulgar girls in Highbury. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The English revolution was no exception. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I have told you all my past life, with the exception of Melnos, and that I did not think worth while relating. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• All the apes had hair upon theirs but the black men were entirely hairless, with very few exceptions. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• With some exceptions, presently to be given, I fully admit that this is the rule. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Or must we admit exceptions? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The exceptions occurring among Brahmins or Mahometans or the ancient Persians, are of that sort which may be said to prove the rule. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• 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. 雪莉.
• In a rough way and with many exceptions, democracy compels law to approximate human need. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• 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. 沃尔特·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. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In every case there is the rule and there are the exceptions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The austere system of morality has, accordingly, been adopted by those sects almost constantly, or with very few exceptions; for there have been some. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• One of the exceptions proving the rule may perhaps be met in Edison, though all depends on the point of view. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And even to this are there not exceptions? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• There are a few exceptions, but they are such as can give no interruption to any important branch of inland commerce of the country. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Characters there may be more than human, who are exceptions--God may save a man, but not his own strength. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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