all
determiner/ɔːl/
/ɔːl/
Idioms - (used with plural nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her, his, etc. in front of it, or a number.) the whole number of
所有；全部；全体；一切 - All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses.
所有的马都是动物，但并不是所有的动物都是马。 - Cars were coming from all directions (= every direction).
汽车从四面八方驶来。 - All the people you invited are coming.
你邀请的人都会来。 - All my plants have died.
我的花草全死光了。 - All five men are hard workers.
五个人全都工作努力。
- All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses.
- (used with uncountable nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her, his, etc. in front of it.) the whole amount of
所有；全部；一切 - All wood tends to shrink.
所有的木头都会收缩。 - You've had all the fun and I've had all the hard work.
享受都是你得，苦活儿都是我做。 - All this mail must be answered.
所有这些信件都必须回复。 - He has lost all his money.
他失去了所有的钱。
- All wood tends to shrink.
- used with singular nouns showing something has been happening for a whole period of time
（与单数名词连用，表示某事在某段时间内持续发生）全部的，整个的 - He's worked hard all year.
他一年到头都在辛勤劳动。 - She was unemployed for all that time.
那段时间她一直失业。
- He's worked hard all year.
- the greatest possible
极度；尽量 - In all honesty (= being as honest as I can), I can't agree.
说实在的，我不能同意。
- In all honesty (= being as honest as I can), I can't agree.
- consisting or appearing to consist of one thing only
唯一；全是；仅仅 - The magazine was all advertisements.
这份杂志全是广告。 - She was all smiles (= smiling a lot).
她笑容满面。
- The magazine was all advertisements.
- any whatever
无论什么；任何 - He denied all knowledge of the crime.
他矢口否认对这桩罪案知情。
- He denied all knowledge of the crime.
Word OriginOld English all, eall, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch al and German all.
Idioms
and all that (jazz, rubbish, stuff, etc.)
- (informal) and other similar things
以及诸如此类的 - I'm bored by history—dates and battles and all that stuff.
我厌烦历史，尽是些年代啦战争啦什么的。
- I'm bored by history—dates and battles and all that stuff.
for all
- despite
尽管；虽然 - For all its clarity of style, the book is not easy reading.
这本书虽然文体清晰，但读起来并不容易。
- For all its clarity of style, the book is not easy reading.
- used to say that something is not important or of no interest or value to you/somebody
（表示对某人不重要、无价值或无所谓） - For all I know she's still living in Boston.
据我所知，她还住在波士顿。 - You can do what you like, for all I care.
你想干什么就可以干什么，我才不管呢。 - For all the good it's done we might as well not have bothered.
那件事带来的好处不多，我们本不该操心的。
- For all I know she's still living in Boston.
not all that good, well, etc.
- not particularly good, well, etc.
不那么好；不很好 - He doesn't sing all that well.
他唱得并不特别好。
- He doesn't sing all that well.
not as bad(ly), etc. as all that
- not as much as has been suggested
并非那么坏（等） - They're not as rich as all that.
他们并不是那么富有。 - We didn't play particularly well, but we didn't do as badly as all that.
我们打得不是特别好，但也不是那么差。
- They're not as rich as all that.
of all the…
- (informal) used to express anger
（用以表示愤怒） - I've locked myself out. Of all the stupid things to do!
我把自己锁在门外了，真是蠢得很！
- I've locked myself out. Of all the stupid things to do!
of all people, things, etc.
- (informal) used to express surprise because somebody/something seems the least likely person, example, etc.
在所有的…当中偏偏 - I didn't think you, of all people, would become a vegetarian.
我真没有想到，在所有的人当中偏偏你会成为素食者。
- I didn't think you, of all people, would become a vegetarian.
on/from all sides | on/from every side
- in or from all directions; everywhere
从四面八方；到处 - We realized we were surrounded on all sides.
我们意识到我们被包围了。 - Disaster threatens on every side.
灾祸四伏。 - She was bombarded with questions from all sides.
她受到来自各方的质询。
- We realized we were surrounded on all sides.