Phrase

all told

adverb

总共；合计

in total, counting everyone or everything

一切都包括在内；总共；合计。；合计；[经] 全部容量

In use

There were twenty guests all told at the party.

聚会上总共有二十位客人。

All told, the renovation cost about five thousand dollars.

装修总共花了大约五千美元。

We collected fifty kilograms of rubbish all told.

我们总共收集了五十公斤垃圾。

通常用在句首，表示总计。

All told, there were 50 participants in the event.

合计有50人参加了本次活动。

也可放在句末，起总结作用。

The repairs cost $2,000, all told.

修理费总共花了2000美元。

All tell, we have 20 people.All told, we have 20 people.

误将固定短语‘all told’拆解为动词‘tell’的现在时形式。‘all told’是固定搭配，意为‘合计’，不根据时态变化。

We have all told 20 people.We have 20 people all told.

误将‘all told’放在句中动词后。‘all told’通常放在句首或句末，表示总结总计。

altogether: 总共；完全 · altogether 作为副词可表示‘总共’，与 all told 意思相近，但 altogether 更常用在句首强调总数，且还有‘完全’的意思；all told 是固定短语，仅用于总结总数，通常放在句末。

通常用于句首或句末，表示总计

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