始终, 一直

[ adv ]
all the time or over a period of time
<adv.all>
She had known all alongthe hope had been there all along

Along \A*long"\ (?; 115), adv. [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang,
along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-,
Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. ?, Skr. anti, over against) +
lang long. See {Long}.]
1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.

Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.
--Dryden.

2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.

We will go along by the king's highway. --Numb. xxi.
22.

He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along. --Coleridge.

3. In company; together.

He to England shall along with you. --Shak.

{All along}, all through the course of; during the whole
time; throughout. ``I have all along declared this to be a
neutral paper.'' --Addison.

{To get along}, to get on; to make progress, as in business.
``She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.''
--Mrs. Stowe.


All \All\, adv.
1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as,
all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. ``And cheeks
all pale.'' --Byron.

Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all
so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense
or becomes intensive.

2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or
Poet.]

All as his straying flock he fed. --Spenser.

A damsel lay deploring
All on a rock reclined. --Gay.

{All to}, or {All-to}. In such phrases as ``all to rent,''
``all to break,'' ``all-to frozen,'' etc., which are of
frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to
have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb,
equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all
(as it does in ``all forlorn,'' and similar expressions),
and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a
kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and
answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to
be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus
Wyclif says, ``The vail of the temple was to rent:'' and
of Judas, ``He was hanged and to-burst the middle:'' i.
e., burst in two, or asunder.

{All along}. See under {Along}.

{All and some}, individually and collectively, one and all.
[Obs.] ``Displeased all and some.'' --Fairfax.

{All but}.
(a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) Almost; nearly. ``The fine arts were all but
proscribed.'' --Macaulay.

{All hollow}, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all
hollow. [Low]

{All one}, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same
thing.

{All over}, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,
she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]

{All the better}, wholly the better; that is, better by the
whole difference.

{All the same}, nevertheless. ``There they [certain
phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we
recognize them or not.'' --J. C. Shairp. ``But Rugby is a
very nice place all the same.'' --T. Arnold. -- See also
under {All}, n.