Except for
除了……之外
A deal is a deal - except, apparently, when Entergy is involved.
协议就是协议——除非，显然，涉及的是Entergy公司。
Except in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm.
除了哥伦比亚特区外，非律师不得拥有律师事务所的任何股份。
Kennedy once said that a country's GDP measures "everything except that which makes life worthwhile.
肯尼迪曾说过，一个国家的国内生产总值（GDP）衡量的是"一切除了使生活有价值的东西"。
This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.
这就是为什么近年来多次改革立法尝试都失败了，导致邮政服务只能通过推迟关键的现代化进程来支付账单。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。