- (used with plural nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her, his, etc. in front of it, or a number.与复数名词连用。名词前可用 the、this、that、my、her、his 等，也可用数词。) 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。
- (used with uncountable nouns. The noun may have the, this, that, my, her, his, etc. in front of it.与不可数名词连用。名词前可用 the、this、that、my、her、his 等。) 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
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。
- 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。
- 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。
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。
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。
- (informal) used to express anger（表示生气）真是，真气人
- 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！
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。
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.她被来自各方面的问题轰炸着。
