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单词 to give one's all
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to give (it) one's all
a. Everything that one possesses or in which one has a stake or interest; a person's entire possessions, property, or interest. Now frequently in extended use: one's full efforts or concern, esp. in to give (it) one's all. Usually with possessive adjective.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > a person's collective property or substance > the whole of one's property or possessions
all1340
(to lose) stock and block1675
maul and wedges1872
the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot > of one's possessions or interests
all1340
(to lose) stock and block1675
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 116 (MED) Þet is a grace þet bedeaweþ þe herte..and makeþ his al become grene and berþ ynoȝ frut of guode workes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 111 If of my Freedome 'tis the maine part, take No stricter render of me, then my All . View more context for this quotation
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxi. sig. O2v Hee shall not command the All of an honest man.
1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 235 Those matters..which concern our All.
1707 J. Addison Present State War 242 Our All is at stake.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature viii. 157 When two persons throw their all into one stock as joint-traders for life.
1794 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 221 We are, as I think, fighting for our all.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles iii. 139 It was their all, and therefore, though it might be a few poor boats and nets, it was much.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 259 They had ventured their all, or nearly their all, on this one throw.
1917 S. Aumonier Just Outside xxv. 306 What more profitable beginning could be made than..to look pity between the eyes and give it your all because it needs it?
1973 R. Allen Sorts vii. 45 She didn't enjoy the prospect of..having her every whim subjected to the ‘commune’ necessity of sharing their all.
1989 N. Cave And Ass saw Angel i. x. 62 Whereupon he proceeded to extravasate them mercilessly for their all.
1992 Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times 28 Feb. 17/2 I'm just going to give it my all.
2009 Daily Tel. 10 June 19/3 After giving our all for half a century or more, we entered what we call ‘The blessed state of Emeritude’.
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