“这根绳子有多长?”“我不知道,我得量一量.”
My mother is measuring me for clothes. 我妈妈在给我量尺寸做衣服
His eyes measured the newcomer from top to bottom. 他的眼睛上下打量着新来的人。
We must take necessary measures to solve these problems one by one.
我们必须采取措施逐个解决这些问题。
They took strong measures against reckless drivers. 他们对于鲁莽的驾驶员采取强硬措施。
[常用短语]
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,整个的
I have lived here all my life.我在这里度过了一生
(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既可以修饰可数名词,也可以修饰不可数名词,但如果它所修饰的名词前没有其他的“限定词”(如定冠词、物主代词等),一般不用all of.
(2)all在句子中要放在冠词、物主代词和其他“限定词”之前
(3)a11后面可以接一个定语从句,但定语从句的引导词只能用that,不能用what此时all可能有两个含义:一个相当于everything,一个相当于the only thing( s)
(4)对all构成的否定是部分否定,意思是“并不是全部……”,要构成完全否定的意思,需用‘`none