VOA一分鐘英語(yǔ)：All, every 和 whole 之間的區(qū)別

“All, every” 和 “whole” 都可以用來(lái)表示 “全部，所有”，但它們的用法卻不同。如果要說(shuō)一個(gè)人把 “所有的” 糖都吃了，應(yīng)該使用這三個(gè)詞中的哪一個(gè)？如果要說(shuō)一個(gè)人把 “整個(gè)” 蛋糕都吃了，又應(yīng)該用哪個(gè)詞？
 
Hi, I’m Georgina from BBC Learning English. Do you ever wonder about the difference between all, every and whole? They all have similar meanings but are used in different ways.
All means the whole amount of something – 100%! It is often followed by uncountable nouns or plural nouns.
He ate all the sugar!
All children love sweets!
Every has a similar meaning to all. It means each one without exception.
I go to the gym every day.
Whole means the complete amount of something and is followed by uncountable nouns or singular nouns.
I ate the whole cake!
The whole airport is closed!
Bye for now!
 
用法總結(jié)
1 “All” 用來(lái)談?wù)?“所有，全數(shù)，百分之百”，通常后接不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
He ate all the sugar!
All children love sweets!
All passengers travelling to Newport would need to transfer here. 
 
2 “Every” 用來(lái)談?wù)?“一組中的每一個(gè)，無(wú)一例外”，通常后接可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)形式。
I go to the gym every day.
I have watched every match my team has played.
 
3 “Whole” 用來(lái)談?wù)?“全部，整體，整個(gè)”，通常后接不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)形式。
I ate the whole cake!
The whole airport is closed!
I’ve worked the whole day on this presentation.