all-year

IPA/ˈɔːljˈiə/
IPA/ˈɔːljˈɪɹ/

all-year — adverb

1. used before a unit of time such as day, week, or year to say that an action or s

1.副詞B1
釋義

used before a unit of time such as day, week, or year to say that an action or situation continues without a break for the whole of that period

例句

Tara studied for her exams all day and did not even stop for lunch.

all + day for continuous action

Rodrigo's family waited all week for the power company to fix the lines.

同義詞
  • the whole

    more formal; 'the whole day' is common but slightly less emphatic than 'all day'

  • throughout

    used before or after the time noun; 'throughout the day' sounds more written than spoken

反義詞
  • part of

    opposite in meaning; 'part of the day' vs 'all day'

文法句型

all + [time noun] (day / week / month / year)

用法筆記

The time noun (day, week, etc.) never takes an article or determiner — you say 'all day', not 'all the day' or 'all a day'. In informal British English, 'all' is sometimes followed by 'of the' + time noun ('all of the day'), but this is rare.

常見錯誤

❌I waited all of day for the bus.
✅I waited all day for the bus.
💡'all day' does not need 'of' or an article.
❌She worked all the week without a break.
✅She worked all week without a break.
💡In this pattern the article 'the' is not used before the time noun.

all-year — adjective