be·sides /bɪsaɪdz/ CET4

• PREP Besides something or beside something means in addition to it. 除了

  例: I think she has many good qualities besides being very beautiful.

  我觉得她除了非常漂亮之外，还有许多好的品质。

  ADV Besides is also an adverb. 此外 [cl ADV]

  例: You get to sample lots of baked things and take home masses of cookies besides.

  你可以品尝许多烘烤食品，此外还能带许多饼干回家。

• ADV Besides is used to emphasize an additional point that you are making, especially one that you consider to be important. 而且

  例: The house was out of our price range and too big anyway. Besides, I'd grown fond of our little rented house.

  反正这个房子超出了我们的预算范围，而且也太大了。再说，我已经渐渐喜欢上我们租的小房子了。

  Do not confuse besides, except, except for, and unless. You use besides to introduce extra things in addition to the ones you are mentioning already. Fruit will give you, besides enjoyment, a source of vitamins. However, note that if you talk about "the only thing" or "the only person" besides a particular person or thing, besides means the same as "apart from." He was the only person besides Gertrude who talked to Guy. You use except to introduce the only things, situations, people, or ideas that a statement does not apply to. All of his body relaxed except his right hand... Travelling was impossible, except in the cool of the morning. You use except for before something that prevents a statement from being completely true. The classrooms were silent, except for the scratching of pens on paper... I had absolutely no friends except for Tom. Unless is used to introduce the only situation in which something will take place or be true. In the 1940s, unless she wore gloves a woman was not properly dressed... You must not give compliments unless you mean them.