All he ever does is grumble about things. ftfeH did you 'ever ( ... )! (old-fashioned, informal) used to show that you are surprised or
shocked ( ) #
ft • • • M : Did you ever hear
anything like it? # B/f fij
ever since (...) continuously since the
time mentioned i If.; g • • • M JB,; JA ■ • : He’s had a car
ever since he was 18. flfeM. 18 Ai&lfcA^ATo 0 I was bitten by a
dog once and I’ve been afraid of them ever since. ever so/
'ever
such a (informal, especially BrE) very; really IS; 656$: He looks ever so smart. „ O
She’s ever such a’nice woman, Alt#?65AA0 0
It’s ever so easy. J?0
if .ever there 'was (one)
[informal) used to emphasize that sth is certainly
true ( JtlEiife:
Thatwas
a disaster if ever
there was one! gp Si
A fk
% A M ! was/is/does, etc. sb 'ever! (informal,
especially NAmE) used to emphasize sth you are talking
about 6$
iifc; ‘You must have been
upset
by that.’‘Was I ever!’ “t II-ll'ITo
”
“ A 7 Jfk H ! ” yours ever/ever yours sometimes used at the
end of an informal letter, before you write your name ( ) #65*33
65f3A
evergreen /‘evagriin; NAmE 'evarg-/
noun a
tree or bush that has green leaves all through the year # A W ; # ^ M — compare
conifer, deciduous ► evergreen adj.: evergreen shrubs # if M A 0 [figurative) a
new production of Rossini’s evergreen (= always
popular) opera
everlasting /.eva'laistirj; NAmE .evar'laestir)/
adj. 1 continuing for ever;
never changing tK A 65 ; 7X fl fill; & A A $ fill p™ eternal : everlasting lifeAove *7.; * fl 65 H b an everlasting memory of her smile #tfe fill it % @ T fill tR A 0 tZ 0 To his everlasting credit, he never told anyone
what I’d done. {ft
#77j3# 3^65:11 flfeM AfEfiH&65#
prHfitfifaAo 2 (disapproving) continuing too long;
repeated too often 65;
ISici
evermore /,eva'mo:(r); NAmE .evar'm-/
(also for ever- ’more) adv. (literary) always *jz£
every IHi /'evri/ det.
1 used with singular nouns to refer to all
the members of a group of things or people ( ,
7b H
{7# 65 ) #7: She knows every
student in the
school. 4^^;, ❖ I could hear every
word they said, fife flH tSL fill # Al IP
tfe n/f E „ 0 We enjoyed every minute
of our stay. $£{0
il I? $3 |b] ^ ^
iPMfUfStifl&o o Every day seemed the same tp him. ftfe*i£f!ll7 A
AlP~-#o 0 Every single time he calls, I’m
out. ftfeA0 I read every last article in the
newspaper (= all of them). jf £R±65#—H 0 They were watching her every movement. life ff] IS 7 A M fill 0 — 7 # o 0 Every one of their CDs
has been a hit. ffefn65^-»Al'iMlP^«Mff 0 o note at each 2 all
possible 0r A 7 f& 65 ;
tg £ 0 fill: We wish you every
success, ffcf|]7 # A 1£ 0 0
He had every reason to be angry. j^ 0 3 used to say how often sth happens or is done
( 65M7 ) The buses go every
10 minutes, 10 b We had
to stop every few miles.
% fi% £ A ^ M Wt # fr— & „ 0
One in every three marriages ends in divorce. EL ft 2.
— fill O He has every third
day off (= he works for two days
then has one day off then works for two days and so on). ftfe#PiMAfA!. — b We see
each other every now and again. f ] IS A JE 0 <>
Every now and then he regretted his
decision. ftfe^Bf^I g S fill ^ M Is 1$ o ITCTC1 every other each alternate one (= the first, third,
fifth, etc. one, but not the second, fourth, sixth, etc.) UPli—‘A: They visit us every
other week.
every-body o-w /'evribDdi; NAmE -baidi;
-bAdi/ pron.
= everyone: Everybody knows Tom. AA$f>ikiRWMo 0 Have you asked
everybody? A A# |o] T ? 0 Didn’t you like it? Everybody else did. ^ftfe
mAum'Ko
every-day /'evridei/ adj. [only before noun] used or happening
every day or regularly; ordinary # AfilJ; # 0 A4fiA 0 everyday objects 0 #tln°p 0 The
Internet has become part of everyday life. SKI*'] G A
0#lfetSfifJ-^p|$:$K 0 a small dictionary for everyday use
Every-man /'evrimaen/ noun
[sing.] an ordinary or typical
person #11 A; #A: a story of Everyman 4-1$
every-one O-w /‘evriwAn/ (also every-body) pron. every person; all
people #A; AA; #f^f A: Everyone cheered and clapped. AA$>M.'$-ffi.ufo
0 Everyone has a chance to win. 0 Everyone brought
their partner to the party,
% A
# # & fJH M &»
0
(format) Everyone brought his or her
partner to the party. A A
A fill # ik IP# 7 ‘Wife o Everyone
else was there. #ftfe mAUfEMJL
every place /'evripleis/ adv. [NAmE) = everywhere every thing o-w /'evri&ip/ pron. (with a singular
verb
all things #17^; — ty: Everything had
gone. — feU IP M A T o 0 When
we confronted him, he denied everything, fg ft]
% fife ^ ® Xt W, fife # ^ IP 7 ^ iAo O Take this bag, and leave everything
else to me. ffi ^ftfe^f^AffilP^nflcSTo O She
seemed to have everything—looks, money, intelligence, iftfe fjil ^
ft*
AIPW it. 2 the situation now;
life generally ^ ; ‘I# R
; A tS': Everything in the capital is now quiet. @ HU f IP 65 ® ^ fl
iram and everything (informal) and
so on; and other similar thingsfAA.^ftfe; #0: Have you got his name and
address and everything? it fife ft) £7,
ifetegffe'lfW? 0 She told me about the baby and everything, jft M &
WT M & fife 65
fHo
every-where 0-w /’evriweafr); NAmE
-wer/ [NAmE also every-place) adv., pron., conj. in, to or at every
place; all places £fefit; fd&h; ^rAUfe A; M A itfe
A: I’ve looked everywhere, fife # it |P i il 7.6- o He follows me
everywhere. ffcAifeASIULflfelPS&lr |fe0
o We’ll have to eat here— everywhere else is full. fnR0£&JLf£t£7 ^flfe^AlP0 Every
where we went was full of
tourists. ficfnMSJ Afltilf^A Am^io
evict /iVikt/ verb
[VN] ~ sb (from sth) to force sb to leave a house or land,
especially when you have the legal right to do so ( Aflf^^
theory. o
There is not a shred of evidence that the meeting actually
took place. <>
Have you any evidence to support this allegation? f7AHE
K A f# ? b The
room bore evidence of a
struggle, ff; |b]
M A ^ AM 65 fS „ 0 On the evidence of their recent matches, it is unlikely
the Spanish team will win the cup. AME^:IRSififi5 flfeClAAW
2 [U] the information
that is used in court to
try to prove sth (f£H±65
) HE#g, HEM, AHE, tlHE:
was asked to give
evidence
(= to say what I knew,