"Impunity is the norm." "The few perpetrators that have been held accountable are the exception to the rule.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

These anachronisms and confused chronologies in the patriarchal stories are the rule rather than the exception in their view, and they are evidence of a very late date of composition.

在他们看来，这些年代错误和混乱的时间线,在族长故事中是普遍现象而不是例外，明显是十分近代的作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So, if we're talking about hydrogen, that's our one exception so far to the octet rule.

那么，如果我们讨论的是氢原子，它是目前我们遇到的八隅体规则的唯一例外。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Once again,the exception proves the rule.

例外证实了那个规律。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选