① at all表示強(qiáng)調(diào)時(shí),常用于疑問(wèn)句、否定句或條件句,表示“最低程度,任何一點(diǎn)”。
I don't like it at all.我一點(diǎn)也不喜歡它。
He doesn't want to go anywhere at all. 他哪兒也不想去。
If you do it at all,do it well. 你既然做了,就要做好。
I can't see the distant hill at all. 我根本看不見(jiàn)遠(yuǎn)處的小山。
Are you going there at all?你到底想不想去那里?
② at all表示強(qiáng)調(diào)也可用于肯定句,意為“竟然,居然”,往往含有不贊賞或有相當(dāng)難度等意。
It took him a long time to get the work done at all. 他花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才把那工作做完。
It is surprising that he should have solved all of the problems at all. 他竟然會(huì)把這些問(wèn)題都解決了,真令人吃驚。
She likes to go anywhere at all. 她還不是想去哪里就去哪里。