词组 | apart from |
释义 | apart from Apart from is a fixed two-word preposition in English. Some commentators believe it to be the British equivalent of American aside from, but in fact it is used on both sides of the Atlantic: • But 'ain't' will always be facetious in British English, apart from cockney —Anthony Burgess, in Harper 1985 • Apart from being a brother of the Secretary of State —Atlantic, April 1953 • ... without necessarily suggesting that it is something wholly apart from other written English —W. F. Bolton, A Short History of Literary English, 1967 • Apart from that, the British and U.S. viewpoints coalesce —William O. Douglas, Center Mag., March 1969 • ... very much as before apart from some mildly gloomy talk —Times Literary Supp., 2 Oct. 1970 • Apart from ceremonial performances of Handel's "Messiah," we are in the Christmas doldrums — Winthrop Sargeant, New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1972 See also aside from. |
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