all 和 whole 的区别
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all/whole

all用来修饰由同部分组成的集合体时,all所强调的是构成整体的各个部分,而whole侧重于把事物看成一个整体.试比较:

all the city与the whole city

all my life与my whole life

all the staff与the whole staff

由于all与whole在词义上的这种差别,所以下列可数名词只能跟whole搭配:

the whole life/plan/system/scheme/situation/truth/distance

这就是说the whole situation是一个固定搭配.而下列可数名词则常常跟all搭配:

all day/week/month/year/spring/winter/way

还有一种说法,all虽可与可数名词单数连用,但all出现在单数可数名词之前显得有些正式,因而它常常被whole所代替,例如:

His action was condemned by all the civilized world.---His action was condemned by the whole civilized world.

all和whole在名词短语中的位置是不同的,all必须放在定冠词the或物主代词(his,my)之前,而whole必须放在定冠词或物主代词之后,紧放在所修饰的名词这前:

1.I waited all the week for him to answer.

I waited the whole week for him to answer.

2.He has worked hard all his life.

He has worked hard his whole life.