| 词组 | all told |
| 释义 | all told Bernstein 1965, who is perhaps more aware of etymology than most of us, is alone in objecting to the use of this phrase when enumeration is not involved. The phrase is derived from the sense of tell that means "count." But the phrase is used in general summation too, perhaps because many people are unaware of the "count" meaning of the verb. Here are a couple of examples of each kind of summation. The numerical is more frequent. • All told, he figures, the government next year will borrow about $800 billion —Lindley H. Clark, Jr., Wall Street Jour., 30 Dec. 1981 • All told, some 63 species of birds breed in the Falklands —Tui De Roy Moore, International Wildlife, September-October 1982 • All told, the "natural" granolas are not nearly as good for you —Jane E. Brody, N. Y. Times, 12 Dec. 1979 • All told, a bad and boring book —Joseph W. Bishop, Trans-Action, February 1970 |
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