喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture gathering every bit of something into one place and finding nothing left outside: nothing of it remains, or every piece counted comes to one number, or everything you have mentioned adds up to one verdict. All-together — taken as a whole, with no part left out.

可以想成：把某樣東西的每一分都收攏到一起，外面什麼也沒剩下——可能是一點不剩地消失了，可能是每一項加起來變成一個數字…更多收起可以想成：把某樣東西的每一分都收攏到一起，外面什麼也沒剩下——可能是一點不剩地消失了，可能是每一項加起來變成一個數字，也可能是提到的所有事情合起來得出一個結論。all＋together：整個算進來，沒有一塊漏在外面。

From the picture

把每一項加起來

從「一點不剩」轉到「一個不漏」：把所有東西數進來，得出一個總數，或是把提過的事全部放在一起，給一句總結。

altogether, in total · r · B1

in total — used when you count everything and give one number.

總共

固定說法：什麼都沒穿

這個名詞用法跟上面的副詞接不太起來，只是一個固定片語。當成一句獨立的老式玩笑話記就好。

in the altogether (naked) · noun · B1

used only in the phrase 'in the altogether', an old-fashioned and joking way to say that someone has no clothes on.

（in the altogether）沒穿衣服

Also in this word

altogether, completely · r · B1

completely — used to say that something has fully happened, fully stopped, or fully gone, with nothing left.

完全地

altogether, completely so · r · B1

completely — put before a word that describes something, to say the description is completely true.

完全；根本

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

altogetheradv/ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    Completely, wholly, or without exception.

    • Police did not seem altogether satisfied with my alibi.
    • Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.
  • 2

    On the whole; with everything considered.

    • Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.
    • A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After FIFA’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
  • 3

    With everything included.

    • Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99.
  • 4

    informalAn intensifier: without doubt, clearly.

    • It was a great game altogether.
    • That took altogether too much time.

altogethernoun/ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    datedA state of nakedness.

    • And she objects, too, to the "altogether." Her gowns will never be cut more décolleté than those seen in the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city.
    • Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。