有读者问:请问 all 与 everything 有什么区别?
all 和 everything 皆意谓“一切”时往往可以互换使用,如:
(1)All I have belongs to you. (亦可用 everything)
(2)Everything he said was true. (亦可用 all)
但 all 比较正式,而且其后多有定语从句修饰。 everything 则较通俗,而且其后常可不用修饰语,如:
(3)She does everything .
(4)Is everything all right?
(5)Everything is difficult at the beginning.
在一些固定说法中, all 之后亦可不用修饰语,如:
(6)That's all .
(7)Winner takes all .
下面格言中的 all 不可代之以 everything:
(8)All that glitters is not gold.
另外, all 不意谓“一切”而意谓“唯一的事物 (the only thing)”时,也不可代之以 everything, 如:
(9)All he wants is more pay and less work.
