1. 每一;每個(gè) You use every to indicate that you are referring to all the members of a group or all the parts of something and not only some of them.
e.g. Every village has a green, a church, a pub and a manor house... 每個(gè)村莊都有一片綠地、一座教堂、一間酒館和一座莊園宅第。 e.g. Record every expenditure you make. 記下你的每一筆花銷(xiāo)。
2. (表示發(fā)生頻率)每隔,每 You use every in order to say how often something happens or to indicate that something happens at regular intervals.
every的反義詞
e.g. We were made to attend meetings every day... 我們每天都得參加會(huì )議。 e.g. A burglary occurs every three minutes in London... 倫敦每3分鐘就會(huì )發(fā)生一起入室搶劫案。
3. 每…之中 You use every in front of a number when you are saying what proportion of people or things something happens to or applies to.
e.g. Two out of every three Britons already own a video recorder... 每3個(gè)英國人中就有兩個(gè)已經(jīng)有了錄像機。 e.g. About one in every 20 people have clinical depression... 大約每20個(gè)人中有1個(gè)患有臨床抑郁癥。
4. (用于名詞前表示強調)充足的,完全的 You can use every before some nouns, for example 'sign', 'effort', 'reason', and 'intention' in order to emphasize what you are saying.
e.g. The Congressional Budget Office says the federal deficit shows every sign of getting larger... 國會(huì )預算辦公室說(shuō)有種種的跡象表明聯(lián)邦赤字正在增加。 e.g. I think that there is every chance that you will succeed... 我想你取得成功的機會(huì )很大。
5. (幻想、愿望、欲望等)所有的,全部的 If you say that someone's every whim, wish, or desire will be satisfied, you are emphasizing that everything they want will happen or be provided.
every的意思
e.g. Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim. 幾十個(gè)仆人迎合他所有稀奇古怪的念頭。
You use every to refer to all the members of a group that has more than two members. He listened to every news bulletin ....an equal chance for every child. You use each to refer to every person or thing in a group when you are thinking about them as individuals. Note that each can be used to refer to both members of a pair. Each apartment has two bedrooms... We each carried a suitcase. Note that each and every are only used with singular nouns. 用every指由兩個(gè)以上成員構成的一組中的所有成員:He listened to every news bulletin(每次新聞簡(jiǎn)報他都收聽(tīng)),an equal chance for every child(所有孩子機會(huì )均等)。用each指一組中每一個(gè)單獨的人或事物。注意:each還可用于指一對中的兩個(gè):Each apartment has two bedrooms(每套公寓有兩間臥室),We each carried a suitcase(我們倆各自拎著(zhù)一只手提箱)。注意each和every只與單數名詞連用。
6. 不時(shí);有時(shí);偶爾 You use every in the expressions every now and then ,every now and again ,every once in a while, and every so often in order to indicate that something happens occasionally.
e.g. Stir the batter every now and then to keep it from separating... 不時(shí)攪動(dòng)面糊,防止其成分散開(kāi)。 e.g. Every so often the horse's heart and lungs are checked. 不時(shí)檢查那匹馬的心臟和肺。
7. 每隔…(天、周、年);每…(天、周、年) If something happens every other day or every second day, for example, it happens one day, then does not happen the next day, then happens the day after that, and so on. You can also say that something happens every third week ,every fourth year, and so on.
e.g. I went home every other week... 我隔周回一趟家。 e.g. It has been snowing, roughly every third day, for as long as I've had the flu. 自從我得了流感以來(lái),這段時(shí)間一直在下雪,大約每三天一場(chǎng)。
8. every bit as good as -> see bit every which way -> see way