all是什么意思

You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.

You use all to refer to the whole of a particular period of time.

You use all to refer to a situation or to life in general.

You use all to emphasize that something is completely true, or happens everywhere or always, or on every occasion.

You use all at the beginning of a clause when you are emphasizing that something is the only thing that is important.

You use all in expressions such as in all sincerity and in all probability to emphasize that you are being sincere or that something is very likely.

You can use all in front of an adjective when you want to emphasize a quality that affects someone or something temporarily.

You use all when you are talking about an equal score in a game. For example, if the score is three all, both players or teams have three points.

All is used in structures such as all the more or all the better to mean even more or even better than before.

You use all in expressions such as seen it all and done it all to emphasize that someone has had a lot of experience of something.

You say above all to indicate that the thing you are mentioning is the most important point.

You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said.

You use after all when you are saying that something that you thought might not be the case is in fact the case.

You use and all when you want to emphasize that what you are talking about includes the thing mentioned, especially when this is surprising or unusual.

You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.

You use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions.

All but a particular person or thing means everyone or everything except that person or thing.

You use all but to say that something is almost the case.

You use for all to indicate that the thing mentioned does not affect or contradict the truth of what you are saying.

You use for all in phrases such as for all I know, and for all he cares, to emphasize that you do not know something or that someone does not care about something.

If you give your all or put your all into something, you make the maximum effort possible.

In all means in total.

If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.

If something such as an activity is a particular price all in, that price includes everything that is offered.

You use of all to emphasize the words 'first' or 'last', or a superlative adjective or adverb.

You use of all in expressions such as of all people or of all things when you want to emphasize someone or something surprising.

You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.

You use all of before a number to emphasize how small or large an amount is.

One and all means everyone present or everyone in a particular group.

You use all that in statements with negative meaning when you want to weaken the force of what you are saying.

You can say that's all at the end of a sentence when you are explaining something and want to emphasize that nothing more happens or is the case.

You use all very well to suggest that you do not really approve of something or you think that it is unreasonable.