ACCEPT vs EXCEPT Meaning, Pronunciation, and Difference | Learn with Example English Sentences

Hi, everyone. I’m Esther.

大家好。我是埃丝特。

In this video, I’m going to talk about two similar sounding and confusing English words

在本视频中，

我将讨论两个发音相似且

令人困惑的英语单词“accept”和“ except”。

‘accept’ and ‘except’.

We will work on pronunciation and usage to help you master these words.

我们将致力于发音和用法来

帮助您掌握这些单词。

Let’s get started.

让我们开始吧。

First, let’s start with ‘accept’.

首先，让我们从“接受”开始。

Listen carefully to how I say it.

仔细听我怎么说。

‘accept’

'接受'

‘accept’

'接受'

It's a verb.

这是一个动词。

The main meaning of ‘accept’ is to agree or receive something that is offered to you.

“接受”的主要含义是同意

或接受提供给您的东西。

Someone wants to give you something and you accept.

有人想给你一些东西，你接受。

We accept things.

我们接受事物。

Let’s look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：“我可以接受朋友的礼物。”

‘I can accept a gift from my friend.’

So if a friend offers a gift to you,

因此，如果朋友向您赠送礼物，

you can take it or accept it.

您可以接受或接受。

The second sentence says,

第二句话说，

‘When Tony asked Leslie to marry him,

“当托尼向莱斯利求婚时，

she happily accepted.’

她很高兴地接受了。”

So Tony asked Leslie to marry him and she agreed.

于是托尼向莱斯利求婚，莱斯利同意了。

She accepted this offer.

她接受了这个提议。

Now, I will talk about ‘except’.

现在，我要谈谈“除了”。

Listen to how I say it.

听我怎么说。

‘except’

' except '

‘except’

' except '

It is often a preposition.

它通常是一个介词。

It means to not include something.

意思是不包含某些东西。

Let’s look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘I like all fruit except grapes.’

“我喜欢除了葡萄之外的所有水果。”

So out of all the fruits,

所以在所有的水果中，

I like them all,

我都喜欢，

but I don't like grapes.

但我不喜欢葡萄。

I am showing that I don't want to include grapes in this sentence.

我表明我不想在这句话中包含葡萄。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘Everyone passed the exam except for Robin.’

“除了罗宾之外，所有人都通过了考试。”

So again, there's a group and everybody is included

再说一次，有一个小组，除了罗宾之外，每个人都包括在内。

except for Robin.

Robin is not included in the group that passed the exam.

罗宾不属于通过考试的小组。

Now, let's do a checkup.

现在，我们来做个检查。

In this conversation, there are two sentences.

这段对话中有两句话。

In one of the sentences, we should use the word ‘accept’.

在其中一个句子中，我们应该使用“接受”一词。

In the other, we should use ‘except’.

另一方面，我们应该使用“除了”。

Take a moment to think about where we use ‘accept’ and ‘except’.

花点时间思考一下我们在哪里使用“接受”和“例外”。

‘A’ says,

“A”说，

‘Did you _blank_ the new company position?’

“你是否_空白_新公司职位？”

A new company position is an offer

新的公司职位是一份录用通知

and someone can choose to take it.

，有人可以选择接受它。

In that case, you say ‘accept’.

在这种情况下，你说“接受”。

‘Did you accept the new company position?’

“你接受公司的新职位吗？”

‘B’ says, ‘Yes, I now have to work every day _blank_ Sundays.’

“B”说：“是的，我现在必须每天_空白_周日工作。”

This person now has to work almost every day of the week but Sundays.

这个人现在几乎一周中的每一天都必须工作，除了周日。

So we're not including one of the days of the week.

所以我们不包括一周中的某一天。

And so we use ‘except’.

所以我们使用“除了”。

Again ‘B’ says, ‘Yes, I now have to work every day except Sundays.’

“B”再次说道：“是的，我现在除了周日之外每天都必须工作。”

Now, let's take a look at this as a whole.

现在，让我们从整体上看一下。

‘A’ says,

“A”说：

‘Did you accept the new company position?’

“你接受公司的新职位吗？”

And ‘B’ says, ‘Yes, I now have to work every day except Sundays.’

“B”说：“是的，我现在每天都必须工作，除了周日。”

Now you know the difference between ‘accept’ and ‘except’.

现在您知道“接受”和“例外”之间的区别了。

Be sure to practice these two words.

一定要多练习这两个词。

Thank you guys for watching this video and I’ll see you in the next video.

感谢大家观看这个视频，我们在下一个视频中再见。