every

英 ['evr?] 美['?vri]

近義詞all each

反義詞

CET6TEM4考研CET4高頻詞基本詞匯

every 每一個

來自古英語aefre aelc的縮寫，字面意思即ever each.

every: every: [OE] Stripped down into its component parts, every means literally ‘ever each’. It was originally an Old English compound made up of ?fre ‘ever’ and ?lc ‘each’, in which basically the ‘ever’ was performing an emphasizing function; in modern English terms it signified something like ‘every single’, or, in colloquial American, ‘every which’. By late Old English times the two elements had fused to form a single word.
=> each, ever
every (adj.): early 13c., contraction of Old English ?fre ?lc "each of a group," literally "ever each" (Chaucer's everich), from each with ever added for emphasis. The word still is felt to want emphasis; as in Modern English every last ..., every single ..., etc.

Also a pronoun to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser. Compare everybody, everything, etc. The word everywhen is attested from 1843 but never caught on; neither did everyhow (1837). Slang phrase every Tom, Dick, and Harry "every man, everyone" dates from at least 1734, from common English given names.

3. Naomi used to go to church in Granville every Sunday.: 娜奧米以前每個星期天都去格蘭維爾的教堂做禮拜。

4. They call rowing the perfect sport. It exercises every major muscle group.: 他們稱劃船是最佳運動，它可以鍛煉每一處主要肌肉群。

5. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.: 用不著她一來電話你就往樓上跑。