a-to-z
a-to-z — 名詞
1. a printed or digital guide that shows a city's streets in detail so you can find
街道圖冊
收錄整座城市街道地圖的指南
a printed or digital guide that shows a city's streets in detail so you can find roads, areas, and addresses.
Jack bought a London A-to-Z after his phone battery died on arrival.
Jack 抵達時手機剛好沒電，只好買一本到倫敦的街道圖冊。
a city + A-to-Z for finding streets
When the signal disappeared, Heather found the hotel in her old A-to-Z.
訊號消失後，Heather 靠她那本舊街道圖冊找到了飯店。
find a place in an A-to-Z
The taxi driver kept an A-to-Z beside the gear stick.
那位計程車司機把一本街道圖冊放在排檔桿旁。
Mauricio still marks road closures in his paper A-to-Z each week.
Mauricio 到現在還會每週在他的紙本街道圖冊上標出封路路段。
- street atlas
close in meaning, with stronger emphasis on mapped streets
- city map book
plain descriptive phrase for the same kind of guide
- road guide
broader and can cover routes beyond one city
文法句型
a/an + city + A-to-Z
find/look up + place + in an A-to-Z
用法筆記
Especially common in British English for street guides to a particular city. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is for roads and addresses, not for general information about a topic or place.
常見錯誤
2. a printed or online guide that gathers the key facts a person needs on one topic
全方位指南
彙整某主題或地點完整資訊的指南
a printed or online guide that gathers the key facts a person needs on one topic or one place into a single resource.
Aylin read an A-to-Z of parenting before her first baby arrived.
Aylin 在第一個孩子出生前，先讀了一本育兒全方位指南。
an A-to-Z of + topic
Ravindra keeps an A-to-Z of local services beside the reception desk.
Ravindra 把一本地方服務全方位指南放在接待櫃台旁。
an A-to-Z of practical local information
The website offers an A-to-Z of visa rules for new students.
那個網站提供一份給新生的簽證規定全方位指南。
Hugo printed an A-to-Z of Kyoto museums for his parents.
Hugo 印了一份京都博物館全方位指南給父母。
文法句型
an A-to-Z of + topic
an A-to-Z for + group/purpose
用法筆記
Often used in the pattern 'an A-to-Z of ...' for a subject with many practical details. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is a broad information guide, not a street map.
常見錯誤
a-to-z — 慣用語
1. covering every part of a subject or process instead of leaving anything out.
全面地
把所有部分都涵蓋進去
covering every part of a subject or process instead of leaving anything out.
The workshop explains renting a flat in Seoul from A to Z.
那場講座把在首爾租屋的事全面地講解了一遍。
explain something from A to Z
Mizuki planned the school fair from A to Z with two classmates.
Mizuki 和兩位同學把園遊會全面地規劃好了。
plan something from A to Z
From A to Z, the website answers parents' questions about the school move.
從各個面向來說，那個網站全面地回答了家長對搬校的疑問。
After ten years commuting, Tunde knows the train system from A to Z.
通勤十年後，Tunde 已經全面地了解那套火車系統。
- completely
more general and less vivid than the idiom
- thoroughly
stresses careful detail rather than the whole range itself
- in full
often focuses on nothing being omitted from a statement or record
- partly
only to some extent, not across the whole range
- selectively
covering only chosen parts
文法句型
from A to Z
cover/explain + something + from A to Z
know + something + from A to Z
用法筆記
Most often appears as 'from A to Z' after verbs such as cover, explain, list, plan, or know. It stresses full coverage of a topic or activity, not alphabetical order unless the context makes that idea important.