As a writer, I was used to being detached, but I was hit by a wave of sadness as I tried to say goodbye.
作为作者，我过去一直习惯于超然事外，但是当我试着说再见时，一股悲伤涌入我内心。You can say that again ; she doesn't seem to be interested in anything but her own affairs .
你说得完全对，她似乎除自己的事外，对什么都不感兴趣。Neil: Beth, u know, I'm the same person. I would do anything for you. I just cann't give you what you want.
你知道我一直没变，除了你想的要那件事外我愿意为你做任何事。Except where it touched upon her own life she had no interest in Party doctrine.
除了涉及自己的生活的事外，她对党派教条毫无兴趣。The vast majority of Chinese citizens understandably try to stay out of trouble.
绝大多数中国公民理所当然的试图置身麻烦事外。Yet if they try to exit the position, they'll destabilize the dollar, and the value of the rest of their assets will plunge.
如果他们打算抽身事外，他们就造成美元的不稳，那么他们的其他资产的价值就得跳水了。He did nothing besides (= except) this.
除这件事外，他什么事也没做。Short of some tremendous accident or untoward event it could not be anything else.
除了一件大事，或别的不幸的事外，这不可能是别的事情。Control does, but it can also display fonts, colors, and links; load text and embedded images from a file; and find specified characters.
控件所做的每件事外，还可以显示字体、颜色和链接，从文件加载文本和加载嵌入的图像，以及查找指定的字符。