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(表示總括全部) all
I have said all there is to be said about it.
關于這件事, 該說的我都說了。
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
任何一件值得做的事都應該把它做好。
(跟“是”字合用, 說明理由) just because of
It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.
都是你老磨蹭, 害得我們遲到了。
Just because of the rain, the sports meet was put off.
都是下雨, 運動會才延期的。
(表示強調) even
He didn't even look at it.
他連看都不看它一眼。
Even a child knows all this.
這種事連小孩都知道。
(表示“已經”) already
It's already eight o'clock. Why don't you get a move on?
都8點了, 你還不走?
She's already ninety.
她都90歲了。