Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.
Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years,
excepting for the domains of administration and
teaching, the English language was never really
spoken on the island.
(A) excepting for
(B) except in
(C) but except in
(D) but excepting for
(E) with the exception of
我是这样想的,首先这里需要一个连词连前后的两个句子,那么A被排除;except for是复合介词,没有excepting形式,D也排除;E肯定不对了,剩下BC;我查了一下except词性,有连词词性,那为什么B不对,是因为这里需要对比?只有but能表达对比的意思吗?求解答呀~~~~
mauritius was a british colony for almost 200 years, BUT English language was never really spoken on the island EXCEPT IN the domains of administration and teching.
所以其实翻译成中文就很简单,m被殖民很久,转折代表其不说英语,除了某些官方的地方,符合常识