Word · Frequency #538
Fully loadedeverything
一切；每件事；所有东西
all things; every individual thing or matter
每件事物；所有事物
In use
I checked everything in my bag before leaving.
She told me everything about her trip.
Everything in this room is new.
everything + singular verb
everything作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。
Everything is ready for the party.
派对的一切都准备好了。
everything + adjective (postpositive)
形容词修饰everything时需后置。
We tried everything possible to save the project.
我们尝试了一切可能的方法来挽救这个项目。
everything except/but + noun/pronoun
表示排除某事物时用except或but。
She lost everything except her dignity.
她失去了一切，除了尊严。
Common mistakes
Everything are good.Everything is good.
“everything”是单数代词，作主语时谓语动词要用单数形式is，不能用复数are。
I don't have everything.I have nothing.
如果想表达‘什么都没有’，不能用‘not everything’（意思是‘并非一切’），而要用‘nothing’。汉语的‘什么都没有’直译成英语时容易误用否定词位置。
Connections
Collocations
- everything else
- 其他一切
- We need to focus on this problem first, and everything else can wait.我们需要先关注这个问题，其他一切都可以等。
- everything but
- 除……之外的一切
- He had everything but happiness.他拥有除幸福之外的一切。
- everything goes
- 一切顺利
- Don't worry, everything goes well with the project.别担心，项目一切顺利。
- everything is fine
- 一切安好
- I called my parents to tell them everything is fine.我给父母打电话告诉他们一切安好。
- everything in sight
- 眼前的一切
- The child wanted to buy everything in sight.那孩子想买下眼前的一切。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 'every'（每个）加 'thing'（事物）就是一切。
Context & Register
日常对话和正式写作中均常见，无明显的语体偏向。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with 'everything' (stressed vowel /ɛ/, ending /vriθɪŋ/). They share the spelling chunk 'thing' but have different stressed vowels and final consonant clusters.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.