• The preposition besides means 'in addition to'. * besides 作介词表示除…之外（还）：◆What other sports do you like besides football? 除足球外你还喜欢哪些运动？ You use except when you mention the only thing that is not included in a statement. 指仅有某事物不包括在内用 except：◆I like all sports except football. 除足球外我喜欢所有的运动。 You can use apart from with both these meanings. 上述两种含义均可用 apart from：◆What other sports do you like apart from football? 除足球外你还喜欢哪些运动？◆I like all sports apart from football. 除足球外我喜欢所有的运动。

Making an exception 说明例外的情况

• ◆She wrote all of the songs on the album except for the final track. 除最后一首歌外，这张专辑中所有歌曲都是她写的。
• ◆ Apart from / aside from the final track, all of the songs on the album were written by her. 除最后一首歌外，这张专辑中所有歌曲都是她写的。
• ◆The songwriting— with a few minor exceptions —is of a very high quality. 除了几首歌美中不足以外，歌曲创作质量非常高。
• ◆With only one or two exceptions, the songwriting is of a very high quality. 歌曲创作质量非常高，仅有一两首歌例外。
• ◆The majority of the compositions are less than three minutes long, with the notable exception of the title track. 大多数曲目的长度都不超过三分钟，只有与专辑同名的曲目是明显的例外。
• ◆ With the exception of the title track, this album is a huge disappointment. 这张专辑令人大失所望，只有与专辑同名的曲目还过得去。
• ◆Here is a list of all the band's CDs, excluding unofficial 'bootleg' recordings. 这是这个乐队所有 CD 的清单，未经批准非法录制的那些没有计算在内。