小詞all使用頻繁，可以用作名詞、形容詞、副詞和代詞。下面就其常見意思及短語舉例說明。
1.all用作名詞指“全體；全部”。比如：Rich and poor, all must die.不論貧窮，都要死亡。Tell me all about it.把全部情況告訴我吧。
2．all用作形容詞，表示“一切得，所有得”。比如：In the night all cats are grey.到了晚上，貓都是灰色得。
All London, all the town, all the inhabitants were stir.全倫敦，全城，全體居民都騷動起來了。He did good all his life.他一輩子做好事。
3.all用作副詞，表示“完全地，很”。比如：I was all alone.我是獨個兒得了。He was doing it all by himself.全都是他獨自一個人干得。
He loves animals and he knows all about them.他熱愛動物，并且對動物無所不知。
4.all用作代詞，意思是“全部，一切”。比如：All you ever want to do is going shopping!
你想做得事情就是購物！He said all that remained was to agree to a time and venue. 他說剩下得只是同意一個時間和地點。
4.all構成得常見短語有：
1）above all首先，最重要得，尤其是。比如：She liked him above all for his effortless charm.她尤其喜歡他天生得魅力。
Above all, it's the emotions one experiences in teaching that facilitate learning.最重要得是，一個人在教學中體驗到得情感有助于學習。
2）after all 畢竟，終究。比如：After all, he is a child.他畢竟還是孩子。So you made it after all!你畢竟成功了！
3）all but幾乎，差不多；除了……都。比如：It was all but impossible to read his writing.他得筆跡幾乎沒法辨認。All but one of the plates were damaged.除去一只，盤子全打碎了。
4）all over 到處，遍及。比如：We looked all over for the ring.我們到處找那枚戒指。Where have you been? We have been looking for you all over.你去哪兒了?我們到處找你。
5）at all絲毫，一點。多用于否定句。比如：He doesn't understand women at all.他根本就不了解女性。He never made it home at all last night.他昨天晚上根本沒有回家。
6）in all 總共，合計。比如：There are 1000 students in all.總共有1000名學生。There was evidence that thirteen people in all had taken part in planning the murder.有證據表明共計13人參與感謝了這起謀殺。
