单词 | all in all |
释义 | > as lemmasall in all b. all in all. extracted from alladj.pron.n.adv.conj. (a) All things in all respects; all things altogether in one; everything. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > absolutely all all in allc1475 the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > in respect of everything or part > in every respect through all thingeOE at all pointsa1375 from point to pointa1393 at all rightsc1405 in high and lowc1405 in generala1413 every incha1450 all in allc1475 at all sorts1612 all round1867 c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 754 (MED) Cum slepers, Rekleshede and Idyllnes, All in all, Surfet and Gredynes. 1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. iv. sig. i.vv Thenne shall Ihesu bothe god and man be all in all. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Cor. xv. 28 That God maye be all in all. [So 1611; Wyclif, alle thingis in alle thingis, Tindale, all in all thinges.] 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 10v Without any care, fore-cast, or plotting on thy part..I shall bee to thee all in all. 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 44 Will you haue all in all for Prose and verse? 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 309 Every man cast in his mind, that Eumenes would be all in all. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 320 The Mind,..Throughout the Body squat or tall Is, bonâ fide, All in All. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 27 Mirth and diversion are all in all. 1824 T. Campbell Lines on receiving Seal in Theodoric 77 The all-in-all of life—Content! 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve vi, in Poems (new ed.) 97 Their Flemish go-between And all-in-all. 1922 Q. Jrnl. University North Dakota 12 177 Value, distinction, artistry, quality, do not count, while mere quantitative production is made the all in all. 1998 B. J. Nelson Keepers 197 She knew at a certain level I had excluded her, that she'd never been my all-in-all. (b) As an adverbial phrase: when everything is considered; in summation, in total; on the whole. Also occasionally: entirely, absolutely. ΚΠ 1826 T. Flint Francis Berrian II. i. 5 He was, all in all, singular in character, and as singular in fortune. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 114 And trust me not at all or all in all. 1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xxv. i. 265 All in all, the correct application of the method..entails the careful selection of well-preserved minerals. 1948 Life 23 Aug. 107 Many others who, all in all, have won 17 Pulitzer prizes. 1954 N. Tomalin in Granta 6 Nov. 23/2 All in all the most amazing thing about the show is the preponderance of lavatory jokes. 1989 Baby Winter 55/1 All-in-all, it was a pretty inelegant way of capturing action on film. 2001 Observer 15 July (Food Monthly Suppl.) 53/1 The empenadas were made the night before and took about four hours all in all. < as lemmas |
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