“Entire City”中Entire能否用“All/Whole”替代?英语范围限定词辨析

360影视 动漫周边 2025-04-26 23:47 3

摘要:三者可互换,但存在细微差别:1. entire city(最正式)→ 强调"无一遗漏的完整性"(常带庄严/文学色彩)✓ The Entire city was evacuated.(全城撤离,强调"每个角落")2. whole city(中性通用)→ 侧重"作

三者可互换,但存在细微差别:

1. entire city(最正式)

→ 强调"无一遗漏的完整性"

(常带庄严/文学色彩)

✓ The Entire city was evacuated.

(全城撤离,强调"每个角落")

2. whole city(中性通用)

→ 侧重"作为整体"的概念

(口语/书面皆可)

✓ The whole city celebrated the victory.(全城庆祝,视城市为单元)

3. all the city(较少用)

→ 需加冠词,多指"所有市民"而非地理范围

✓ All the city gathered in the square.(市民聚集,侧重人群)

1. 语法要求

- entire:直接+名词(无需冠词)

entire city

- whole:直接+名词(可加the)

the whole city

- all:必须+the+名词

all the city

2. 侧重含义

- entire:强调绝对完整性(无一遗漏)

- whole:侧重整体性(作为单一单元)

- all:指个体总和(更关注组成部分)

3. 文体倾向

- entire:正式/文学语境

- whole:通用(口语/书面皆可)

- all:偏口语化

4. 典型搭配

- entire:entire population

(全体人口)

- whole:whole truth(全部真相)

- all:all the people(所有人)

5. 否定句表现

- entire:不可用于否定(✖not entire)

- whole:可用(not the whole...)

- all:可用(not all the...)

6. 与冠词搭配

- entire:不单独加the(✖the entire)

- whole:可加the(the whole...)

- all:必须加the(all the...)

1. 灾难报告(强调全面性)

✓ The entire city was flooded.

✓ The whole city was without power.(中性描述)

2. 日常对话(自然表达)

✓ The whole city knows about it.

(不用entire显得夸张)

✓ All the city's schools closed.

(指"每一所"学校)

3. 文学描写(增强感染力)

✓ The entire city slept under the moonlight.(诗意化)

✖ All city was destroyed.(缺冠词)

✓ All the city was destroyed.

✖ The whole Tokyo is busy.

(专有名词前慎用)

✓ The whole of Tokyo is busy.

✖ Entire the village protested.

(语序错误)

✓ The entire village protested.

母语者使用偏好

- 书面语:entire > whole > all

- 口语:whole > all > entire

- 新闻标题:whole ≈ entire > all

1. 要强调彻底性 → 选 entire

The entire city was searched.

(地毯式搜查)

2. 说整体情况 → 选whole

The whole city smells of flowers.

(整体氛围)

3. 指全部成员 → 选all the

All the city's doctors volunteered.

"Entire完全whole整,

All需加the记分明,

专有名词要小心,

of来帮忙最省心!"

(例:the whole of London ✔️

whole London ✖)

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