喜樂美語

You can picture 'everything' as one big bag that sweeps in every single thing and leaves nothing out. From that 'all of it, no exceptions' picture, the word stretches: sometimes the bag holds all of your life or situation, sometimes it swells until one person or one thing means the whole bag to you.

可以想成：everything 的核心畫面比較像「一個大袋子，把每一樣東西全掃進去，一個都不漏」。從這個「全部、沒有例外」的畫面出發，這個字會伸展：有時袋子裝的是你「整個人生或處境」，有時袋子脹大到——某一個人或某一樣東西，對你而言就等於這整個袋子。

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意思相近

allit allthe whole lotthings

意思相反

nothing

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

everythingpron/ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/

  • 1

    All the things under discussion.

    • I checked the list again and everything is done.
    • Thank you for everything you've done for us.
  • 2

    Many or most things.

    • A: What do you want to do at the amusement park? B: Everything!
    • I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.
  • 3

    A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

    • Everything failed, didn't it?
    • She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.
  • 4

    Considerable effort.

    • It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
  • 5

    The most important thing.

    • I can't believe I made it in time – timing is everything!

everythingverb/ˈɛv(ə)ɹiˌθɪŋ/

  • 1

    Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.

    • ‘Hardly. We’re screened by every shrink in the kingdom. We're printed, weighed, photographed, everythinged. Selection for security takes a lifetime—one of our sayings,’ she added modestly.
    • “ ‘You're right tonight, Boss Man,’ I said. ‘They’re laying it on us.’ “They outswung us, they out-everythinged us.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • everything bagel

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