all 与 everything 有何不同?

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.