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单词 all that
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all that

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You use all that in statements with negative meaning when you want to weaken the force of what you are saying.
[spoken, vagueness]
He wasn't all that much older than we were.
He said it would not be all that difficult to reach a peaceful conclusion to theconflict.
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all that in British English

or that
(usually used with a negative) informal
(intensifier)
it's not all that difficult
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all that in British English

(ɔːl ðæt)
adverb
(intensifier)
that (sense 16)

all that in American English

Informal
1. 
so very
used in negative constructions
they aren't all that rich
2. 
everything of the same or related sort
sex and all that
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Examples of 'all that' in a sentence
all that

If people are being exploited they do not seem all that unhappy about it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You are given so much but not all that you want.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Players are human and at times want to unload all that pressure.
The Sun (2016)
He needs to enjoy the moment but he needs to know that all that comes in the future will be difficult.
The Sun (2016)
The hardest thing for new tenants could be getting used to all that space when they walk through their two front doors.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To make things trickier, dividend cover numbers may not be all that they seem.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
On top of all that comes Brexit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Suddenly shoppers don't seem all that impressed.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
And along with all that, the country is environmentally aware, progressive and tremendously welcoming.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
What use is all that though if it also makes you impotent?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is almost inevitable with all that lifting and bending.
The Sun (2014)
What could they possibly want with all that beer?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Where does all that energy come from?
The Sun (2008)
Yet the second of those feats was not all that it seemed at the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
What are they going to use all that space for?
The Sun (2010)
It was almost all that did concern him.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Are you sure you want all that money in cash?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But it was not all that it seemed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Now they use all that technology and trickery.
The Sun (2013)
Did all that come from the stars?
Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
He is not used to doing all that manual work and it showed.
The Sun (2009)
But all that use comes at a cost.
The Sun (2015)
Where did all that come from?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is not as if it comes along all that often, either.
The Sun (2008)
You don't want to lose all that.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I do not go along with all that rubbish that you have to be miserable to be an actor.
The Sun (2012)

All related terms of 'all that'

that's all
You can say that's all at the end of a sentence when you are explaining something and want to emphasize that nothing more happens or is the case .
and all that
and similar or associated things; et cetera
as all that
as one might expect or hope
be all that
to be exceptionally good, talented, or attractive
for all that
in spite of that
and that/and all that
You use and all that or and that to refer generally to everything else which is associated with what you have just mentioned .
that's all she wrote
said when there is no more to say or when something is finished
all that glitters is not gold
said to mean that someone or something may not be as good or as valuable as they first appear
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