| 单词 | every |
| 释义 | everyevery /ˈɛvri/ ●●● S1 W1 quantifier 1used for referring to all the people or things in a particular group or to all the parts of something: Every athlete will take a drug test. Every one of the bags has a hole in it. These two dresses are identical in every way, except for the price tag. Every single (=used for emphasis) person in the office has a cold. He drank every last (=used for emphasis) drop of the medicine. Not every (=used to say that something is not true in all cases) teenager likes pop music. → see Word Choice at each12used for saying how often something that occurs more than once happens: every day/week/month etc. They see each other every day. The roof leaks every time it rains (=whenever it rains).every few seconds/five minutes/ten days etc. Take the medicine every four hours.every now and then/every so often (=sometimes, but not often or regularly)every other day/week/month etc. (=regularly, with one day, week, month, etc. between each event)3one in every hundred/two out of every thousand/five for every thousand etc. used to say how common something is: One in every three marriages ends in divorce. There was one priest for every 220 inhabitants.4every few feet/ten yards etc. used for saying how much distance there is between each thing in a series: There were traffic lights every 200 yards.5every which way informal in every direction: People were running every which way when the fire started.6every bit as good/important/much etc. used to emphasize that something is just as good, important as something else: The cake was every bit as good as I remembered.7every chance/reason/opportunity etc. as much chance, reason, etc. as possible: We have every reason to believe that Melinda is still alive.8every Tom, Dick, and Harry spoken everyone or anyone [Origin: Old English æfre ælc ever each] |
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