| 词组 | exception |
| 释义 | exception Exception has been used over the years with many different prepositions, some of which are still current, others of which have faded from use. Among the latter are at, against, and from: • And yet she takes exceptions at your person — Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1595 • Thou hast taken against me a most just exception — Shakespeare, Othello, 1605 • Only a little exception from the amiable tenor of their conduct —Albany Fonblanque, England Under Seven Administrations, 1829 (OED) Now exception usually takes either of or to: • ... he made an exception of his rigid nonhandshak-ing policy —Charles W. Ferguson, Fifty Million Brothers, 1937 • ... What makes Minneapolis businesses an exception to the general rule —Roland Gelatt, Saturday Rev., 29 Oct. 1977 In addition, when of or to is used, each is found most often in a particular idiom, with the exception of or take exception to: • ... taught at the university for four years, with the exception of the academic year 1952-53 —Current Biography, January 1966 • The Aga Khan took strong exception to the remark and fought back —Robert Payne, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 26 Sept. 1954 See also with the exception of. |
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