all along [ all the time; from the beginning ] 一直;始終;從一開始
I knew all along that Jack wasn’t telling us the whole story.
我從一開始就明白傑克並未將真相全盤說出。
I knew all along that we would win.
我始終都清楚我們會贏。
I thought all along that our team would win.
I realized it was in my pocket all along.
* all at once [ suddenly ] 突然
All at once the telephone rang.
電話鈴聲突然響起。
All at once the sky became dark and it started to rain.
天色突然變黑,並下起雨來了。
* all but 1. [ almost; nearly ] 幾乎
It’s all but impossible.
那幾乎是不可能。
It was all but impossible to read his writing.
He all but broke the record.
他幾乎打破記錄。
The party was all but over when we arrived.
2. [ most; all except ] 除-----之外全部
All but a few people were killed in the plane crash.
除了少數幾個人之外,其餘的人全部在空難中罹難。
. crash [kræN] n. 撞壞;墜毀
all day long [ the entire day; continuously through the day ] 整天;終日
I have been working on this problem all day long, but it is not solved yet.
我在這問題上已花了一整天的時間,但至今還未解決。
She shopped all day long looking for a new dress.
她為了要買一件新衣服,逛了一整天街。
. continuously [kDn}t0njuDsli] adj. 連續不斷地 solve [sAlv] v. 解決;解答
* all of a sudden [ suddenly ] 突然
All of a sudden she got up and left the house.
她突然起身離開屋子。
All of a sudden the car struck a large tree.
車子突然間撞上一棵巨木。
【註】all of a sudden = all at once
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