“這根繩子有多長?”“我不知道,我得量一量.”
My mother is measuring me for clothes. 我媽媽在給我量尺寸做衣服
His eyes measured the newcomer from top to bottom. 他的眼睛上下打量著新來的人。
We must take necessary measures to solve these problems one by one.
我們必須采取措施逐個解決這些問題。
They took strong measures against reckless drivers. 他們對于魯莽的駕駛員采取強硬措施。
[常用短語]
for good measure另外;外加
short measure分量不足
measure one‘s length全身跌倒躺在地上
take someone‘s measure/get the measure of someone估量某人(的品格,能力等)
to one‘s measure按某人的尺寸
take measure采取措施
4. all
(1) adj.所有的,全部的,整個的
I have lived here all my life.我在這里度過了一生
(2) pron.全部,一切
All the children are busy.所有的孩子都很忙一
So all she could do was to go back home.她所能做的一切就是回家去。
[注意]
(1)all既可以修飾可數(shù)名詞,也可以修飾不可數(shù)名詞,但如果它所修飾的名詞前沒有其他的“限定詞”(如定冠詞、物主代詞等),一般不用all of.
(2)all在句子中要放在冠詞、物主代詞和其他“限定詞”之前
(3)a11后面可以接一個定語從句,但定語從句的引導詞只能用that,不能用what此時all可能有兩個含義:一個相當于everything,一個相當于the only thing( s)
(4)對all構(gòu)成的否定是部分否定,意思是“并不是全部……”,要構(gòu)成完全否定的意思,需用‘`none