Except at harvest-time, when self-preservation requires a temporary truce, the Pathan tribes are always engaged in private or public war.

除了在收获季节，当自我保护需要暂时休战时，帕尔比部落总是进行私下或公开的战争。

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Day and night were divided into the same number of parts, so that except at the equinoxes, days and night hours were unequal; and then of course the length of these hours varied with the seasons.

白天和黑夜被分为均等数量的部分，所以除去昼夜平分点，白天和黑夜时间是不等的；当然，这些时长也因季节变化而变化。

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In fact, people can learn about the animals they would never see except at the fair.

事实上，人们可以了解到只有在集会上能够看到的动物。

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Except for a year at the University of Mississippi at the end of World War One, that was the last of his official education.

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It seems unfair. Except at the margins, there isn't much we can do about physical attractiveness.

似乎老天不太公平，我们不太能改变自己的长相。

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We don't care at all about corporations-- we should make that clear-- except as they contribute to individual welfare.

我们完全不关心企业-,我们应该明确这一点-,除非它们对个人福利有贡献。

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Latin American men always wore suits and never short pants, except at the beach.

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You see, I can't seem to find my love anywhere, except at the occasional blues festival.

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The other lines have tended to cancel out except at times of very marked fluctuations in energy prices.

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