在词性上,whole有名词、形容词和副词三种词性,all除此之外还有介词这种词性。
在用法上,用在复数名词前,all表示“所有的;每一个”,而whole则表示“整个”。
在侧重点上,whole强调的是将某多个物体看作为一个整体,all强调指构成整体的各个部分。
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1、All of the toys are on sale in our department.
我们柜台有各种玩具出售。
2、The doctor said it was all up with his grandfather.
医生说,他祖父已没有希望了。
3、All vehicles should keep to the right.
车辆一律靠右走。
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1、What is strange is that it appears the post is a whole two paragraphs in length.
真正奇怪的是,这篇文章从长度上看似乎只是整篇文章中完整的两段。
2、Hence we find worlds SUNS stars nebulae and whole solar systems moving from a first cause.
因此我们发觉各个世界、所有太阳、恒星、星云,包括整个太阳系,运行自一个第一缘起。
3、I was sated with opera after listening to it for a whole weekend.
听了整整一个周末的歌剧,我觉得腻了。