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词汇 exception-that-proves-the-rule
释义

the exception that proves the rule


idiom
something that emphasizes the general truth of a statement by disagreeing with it: 反证规律的例外;足以证明普遍性的例外
Most company directors are middle-aged men, but this 28-year-old woman is an exception that proves the rule.大多数公司的董事都是中年男性,但这位28岁的女董事却是普遍中的例外。
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the exception that proves the rule
The three-way junction is therefore very much theexceptionthatprovestherule.
It is really theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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But many people would say that he is exceptional, theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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But he was theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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It is always theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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Not infrequently, in practice, the sailor is theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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But it is theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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I plead to be theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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That is theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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There is the occasional exception, but it is theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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We are theexceptionthatprovestherule, not the people who make the rule.
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Every one will be theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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There is always theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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Perhaps that was theexceptionthatprovestherule.
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But—and this is why it is theexceptionthatprovestherule—many hospitals are gradually raising standards of entry, a policy which will pay dividends in reduced wastage.
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