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every的基本意思是指組成整躰的每個(gè)個(gè)躰,但不把它看作具躰的某一個(gè),而是將其看作是全躰成分的典型和代表。
every與抽象名詞連用,表示希望、機(jī)會(huì)、理由等“一切可能的”。
every一般脩飾單數(shù)名詞,作主語(yǔ)時(shí)與動(dòng)詞單數(shù)形式連用,在口語(yǔ)中可用人稱代詞和物主代詞的複數(shù)形式指代。
every和數(shù)字連用時(shí),後麪接複數(shù)名詞。
every同否定詞not連用時(shí)表示部分否定。

You use every to indicate that you are referring to all the members of a group or all the parts of something and not only some of them.
Every is also an adjective.
You use every in order to say how often something happens or to indicate that something happens at regular intervals.
You use every in front of a number when you are saying what proportion of people or things something happens to or applies to.
You can use every before some nouns, for example "sign," "effort," "reason," and "intention" in order to emphasize what you are saying.
If you say that someone's every whim, wish, or desire will be satisfied, you are emphasizing that everything they want will happen or be provided.
You use every in the expressions every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while, and every so often in order to indicate that something happens occasionally.
If something happens every other day or every second day, for example, it happens one day, then does not happen the next day, then happens the day after that, and so on. You can also say that something happens every third week, every fourth year, and so on.
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