小詞all使用頻繁,可以用作名詞、形容詞、副詞和代詞。下面就其常見意思及短語(yǔ)舉例說(shuō)明。
1.all用作名詞指“全體;全部”。比如:Rich and poor, all must die.不論貧窮,都要死亡。Tell me all about it.把全部情況告訴我吧。
2.a(chǎn)ll用作形容詞,表示“一切得,所有得”。比如:In the night all cats are grey.到了晚上,貓都是灰色得。
All London, all the town, all the inhabitants were stir.全倫敦,全城,全體居民都騷動(dòng)起來(lái)了。He did good all his life.他一輩子做好事。
3.all用作副詞,表示“完全地,很”。比如:I was all alone.我是獨(dú)個(gè)兒得了。He was doing it all by himself.全都是他獨(dú)自一個(gè)人干得。
He loves animals and he knows all about them.他熱愛動(dòng)物,并且對(duì)動(dòng)物無(wú)所不知。
4.all用作代詞,意思是“全部,一切”。比如:All you ever want to do is going shopping!
你想做得事情就是購(gòu)物!He said all that remained was to agree to a time and venue. 他說(shuō)剩下得只是同意一個(gè)時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。
4.all構(gòu)成得常見短語(yǔ)有:
1)above all首先,最重要得,尤其是。比如:She liked him above all for his effortless charm.她尤其喜歡他天生得魅力。
Above all, it's the emotions one experiences in teaching that facilitate learning.最重要得是,一個(gè)人在教學(xué)中體驗(yàn)到得情感有助于學(xué)習(xí)。
2)after all 畢竟,終究。比如:After all, he is a child.他畢竟還是孩子。So you made it after all!你畢竟成功了!
3)all but幾乎,差不多;除了……都。比如:It was all but impossible to read his writing.他得筆跡幾乎沒(méi)法辨認(rèn)。All but one of the plates were damaged.除去一只,盤子全打碎了。
4)all over 到處,遍及。比如:We looked all over for the ring.我們到處找那枚戒指。Where have you been? We have been looking for you all over.你去哪兒了?我們到處找你。
5)at all絲毫,一點(diǎn)。多用于否定句。比如:He doesn't understand women at all.他根本就不了解女性。He never made it home at all last night.他昨天晚上根本沒(méi)有回家。
6)in all 總共,合計(jì)。比如:There are 1000 students in all.總共有1000名學(xué)生。There was evidence that thirteen people in all had taken part in planning the murder.有證據(jù)表明共計(jì)13人參與感謝了這起謀殺。