all-night + noun (event/activity)
表示活动持续整晚。
We had an all-night study session before the exam.
考试前我们进行了一次通宵学习。
通宵的;彻夜的
持续一整夜(或大部分夜晚)的。
持续一整夜(或大部分夜晚)的。
Lasting throughout the whole night (or most of it)
The students organized an all-night study session before the final exam.
学生们在期末考试前组织了一次通宵学习会。
用法提示:作定语,修饰名词短语 'study session',表示'通宵的'。
We stopped at an all-night diner for breakfast after the concert.
音乐会后,我们在一家通宵营业的小餐馆吃了早餐。
用法提示:作定语,修饰名词 'diner',表示'通宵营业的'。
She worked an all-night shift at the hospital and was exhausted.
她在医院值了一个通宵班,筋疲力尽。
用法提示:作定语,修饰名词 'shift',表示'通宵的'。
表示活动持续整晚。
We had an all-night study session before the exam.
考试前我们进行了一次通宵学习。
表示场所整夜营业。
There is an all-night diner on Main Street.
主街上有一家通宵营业的餐厅。
grammar · medium
易错句子We had an all night party.
正确表达We had an all-night party.
汉语中“通宵”可以单独使用,但英语中作定语时需加连字符,all-night是复合形容词,缺少连字符会导致语法错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子I studied all-night for the exam.
正确表达I studied all night for the exam.
all-night是形容词,不能用作副词。表示“整夜地”应用副词短语all night,不加连字符。
all-nighter是名词,指通宵进行的事情(如学习或聚会),而all-night是形容词,修饰名词。
overnight可作形容词或副词,强调‘一夜的’时间跨度或突然变化,而all-night仅指‘通宵的’状态。
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