But massive missteps like these are now the exception rather than the rule.

然而这种弥天大错仅仅是例外，并不具有普遍性。

If impartiality is already the exception rather than the rule, the internet is now eroding it further.

如果公正已经成为一种例外而非规则，那么因特网更加剧了这种趋势。

Sure, every now and then, the occasional limestone was used, but this was very much the exception rather than the rule.

当然，偶尔也会使用石灰岩，但这只是个例外，而不是惯例 。

But, you know, I think in some ways that's the exception rather than the rule.

但是，你知道，我认为在某些方面这是例外而不是规则。

But I think that was the exception rather than the rule, and certainly local people were saying to us that basically had been quiet there as well.

但是我认为这只是例外，当地人告诉我们基本上是比较安静的。

And I believe that Shinkai played an important role in popularizing this method of storytelling to the point where, nowadays, using a fictional location in an otherwise grounded story is the exception rather than the rule.

我相信，新海诚在普及这种叙事方法方面发挥了重要作用，以至于现在，在一个以真实地点为基础的故事中，使用虚构地点已经成为例外而非规则。