| 单词 | every |
| 释义 | every (evri ) 1. determiner A1 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. Every village has a green, a church, a pub and a manor house. Record every expenditure you make. ...Mediterranean fish of every shape and hue. We need help, every kind of help. ...recipes for every occasion. Every is also an adjective. His every utterance will be scrutinized. He will find his every step more harshly spotlighted than has been the case previously. 2. determiner A1 You use every in order to say how often something happens or to indicate that something happens at regular intervals. We were made to attend meetings every day. A burglary occurs every three minutes in London. She will need to have the therapy repeated every few months. They meet here every Friday morning. 3. determiner You use every in front of a number when you are saying what proportion of people or things something happens to or applies to. Human beings spend about eight out of every 24 hours sleeping. About one in every 20 people have clinical depression. He said Africa was suffering badly from deforestation: for every ten trees cut down, only one was planted. 4. determiner B2 You can use every before some nouns, for example ' sign', ' effort', ' reason', and ' intention' in order to emphasize what you are saying. [emphasis] Like most of those on the dance floor, they give every sign of delight. I think that there is every chance that you will succeed. Make every effort to visit a person suffering a significant loss, rather than writing or telephoning. Every care has been taken in compiling this list. 5. adjective 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. [emphasis] Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim. Synonyms: each, each and every, every single 6. every now and then etc phrase B2 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. Stir the batter every now and then to keep it from separating. Every so often the horse's heart and lungs are checked. 7. every other day/every second day etc phrase B2 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. I went home every other week. It has been snowing, roughly every third day, for as long as I've had the flu. 8. every bit as good as phrase You say that one thing is every bit as good, interesting, or important as another to emphasize that the first thing is just as good, interesting, or important as the second. [emphasis] My dinner jacket is every bit as good as his. 9. every which way phrase Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods. [US, also British, informal, emphasis] He re-ran the experiment every which way he could. They are just happy to sell their inventory any which way they can. Idioms: have a finger in every pie to be involved in many different activities, often in a way that is disapproved of He has a finger in every pie and is never short of ideas for making the next buck. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers every dog has its day said to mean that everyone will be successful or lucky at some time in their life. This expression is sometimes used to encourage someone at a time when they are not having any success or luck. I've been waiting a long time for success — four years — but every dog has its day. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers every cloud has a silver lining said to mean that there is always a good or pleasant side-effect of a bad or unpleasant situation As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. If we hadn't missed the plane, we would never have met you. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers every nook and cranny all parts of a place or object I do love how he knows every nook and cranny of Venice and can speak such good Italian. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers every Tom, Dick, and Harry any person, even an ordinary person with no special skills or qualities This hotel used to be exclusive. Nowadays they let in every Tom, Dick and Harry. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers use every trick in the book to do everything you can think of in order to succeed in something Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step ahead of their competitors. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at every turn if something happens at every turn, it happens very frequently or continuously, and usually prevents you from doing what you want to do Although the government has had a coherent economic plan, parliament has set out to block it at every turn. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 每一个的 Japanese: すべての |
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