When you’ve read one, you’ve read them all
—more at
ALL pron., MINORITY, SQUARE n. m pron. 1 used to avoid repeating
a noun, when you are referring to sb/sth that has already been mentioned, or
that the person you are speaking to knows about (
): rd
like an ice cream. Are you
having one, too? flci®
0
Our car’s always breaking down. But we’re
getting a new one soon.
(ft 7o o She was wearing her new dress, the
red one. M W M M W fr A JR , 0 My
favourite band? Oh, that’s a hard
one (= a
hard question). m, owhat
made you choose the one rather
than the other? f/j; (§, (a
0
(BrE) How about those ones over
there? # # IP 8P S & X W ? 2 used when
you are identifying the person or thing you are talking about ( if! 7 (ft A ) : Our
house is the one next
to the school 0 The
students who are most successful
are usually the ones who come to all the classes. JA^!:fl:^(ft^7ft&Ji#7 Uj (ft UP ® o 3 ~ of a person or thing belonging
to a particular group ^fjAft-~7A ( §£7#/ ) : It’s a present for one of my
children. 0
We think of you as one of the family.
(ft—M o 4 - (to do sth) a person of the type
mentioned ( ) —
ones, 7,£#Alll^7^M7iMjiAH&7o O He ached
to be home with his loved ones.
o She was never one to criticize, MJ17M.7:iijtfci¥Afft Ao 5 (formal)
used to mean ‘people in general’ or T, when the speaker is referring to himself
or herself A Cl; A A: One should never criticize if one is not sure of one’s
facts. -^A$PlH*f ft mt
7 fi tit A 0 0 One
gets the impression that they
disapprove.^ A£ftEp^JI, fM]7®Ao I1NIJ This use of one is very formal and
now sounds old-fashioned. It is much more usual to use you for ‘people
in general’ and I when you are talking about yourself.
* one (ft 12.
f!£n/r&&Mft-To JJAMMyouH —JKA, #jl ft
i B0 6a 'one (old-fashioned, especially BrE) a person whose behaviour is
amusing or surprising ( 7lh ) AH(ftA7 7AitA(ftA: Oh, you are a one! Hr ! 7 the ~ about sth the joke ^
: Have you heard the one about the Englishman, the Irishman and the
Scotsman? #njf ;iitiJP7A7AhH7 A, Mft^AfP^HAA&mS? [ffl
be (a) one for (doing) sth to be a person who enjoys
sth, or who does sth often or well 77 ( i£A:7 ) A:
Tve never
been a great one for fish and
chips. ticJA77JI7£?lI£lj7
mmXo
.one a nother o-m pron.
one another is used when you are saying
that each member of a group does sth to or for the other people in the group S.
+1: We all try and help one another.
1
think we’ve learned a lot about
one another in this session.
mgTMo
.one-armed
bandit noun = fruit
machine one-horse
‘town noun
(informal) a
small town with not many interesting things to do or places to go to
mwm
. one-5 liner noun (informal) a short joke or funny
remark
7 % if; ;
M $? (ft : He came out with some
good one-liners. tiki#
7 JlyNSWi@&VJ^il7 ,one-'man adj. [only before noun] done or controlled by one person only; suitable
for one person jS 7 — 7 A
(ft; & 7
A 3S* fti (ft: a one-man show/business ® #j
%&; —7A££ilr(ft7^S 0 a
one-man tent AAftlS— sqe
also ONE-WOMAN
.one-man
'band noun a street musician who plays several instruments at
the same time —-A7[^ ( —7A [s] # Jl fft 7 A 7 A ) : figurative)
He runs the
business as a one-man band (= one person does everything).
GRAMMAR
POINT
one
One/ones
is
used to avoid repeating a countable noun, but there are some times when you
should not use it, especially in formal speech or writing. * one/
1
After a possessive (my, your, Mary’s,
etc,), some, any, both or a number, unless it is used with an
adjective.
( #P my, your, Mary’s % ) , some, any, both b$LWL‘¥ZMY>)& one/ones,
I? is] 37/13: ‘Did you get any postcards?’ ‘Yes, I bought
four nice ones.’ “KrTPjjff 77^? ” tic A T
” o / bought four ones.
2
It can be left out after superlatives, this,
that, these, those, either, neither, another, which, etc. /Eti/WisJS
this, that, these, those, either, neither,
another, which is] Jfj of % one/ones: ‘Here are the
designs. Which (one) do you prefer?’ 7 think that (one) looks the
most original.’ “@jf-7:l2M 0
(-) m? ” ”
3
These ones and those ones are not used
in NAmE, and
are unusual in BrE. these
ones fP those
ones, ^|i]illtSDo
you prefer these designs or those?
4
It is never used to replace uncountable nouns and is
unusual with abstract countable nouns. * one/ones 7
The Scottish legal system is not the same as the English system is better than ... as
the English one. jj] The Scottish
legal system is not the same as the English
system ( >
&7 ... as the
English oneG
one ness /'wAnnas/ noun [U] formal)
the state of being completely united with sb/sth, or of being in complete
agreement with sb — ; — ifc ; fp it: a
sense of
oneness with the natural world -fef ft Mj^(fttiPiiflji
,one-night 'stand noun (informal) a sexual relationship that lasts for a
single night; a person that sb has this relationship with —
fill A: I wanted it to be more than a
one-night stand. ^(ft7J<ji—0 For her I was just a
one-night stand.
.one-1
off adj.,
noun
madj. (BrE) (NAmE 'one-shot) [only
before noun] made or happening only once and not regularly - fAi4(ft;
# W; a one-off payment —
mnoun [sing.] (BrE) a thing that is made or
that happens only once and not regularly AfXTf (ft#^:
: It was just a one-off; it won’t happen again,
77#^:470
one-on- one adj. [usually before noun] (NAmE) = one-to- one
.one-parent
'family (also .lone-parent
family) noun a family in which the children live with one parent rather than two — see also single parent
'one-piece adj. [only before noun] (especially of clothes A 3b A HR) consisting of one
piece, not separate parts ±T — h & (ft; a one-piece swimsuit^ #
onerous /'ounaras; NAmE 'a:n-; 'oo-/ adj. formal) needing great effort; causing trouble or
worry ft fj (ft; jig. §l A M (ft SffiJ taxing
: an onerous
duty/task/responsibility / Xff / IKtit
one s /wAnz/ det. the possessive form of one ( one (ft fff
AH ) 7A^J, ft B(ft: One tries one’s best.
— AA>§-^
mL
one-self
/wAn'self/
pron. formal) 1 (the reflexive form of one * one (ft fi. ® ^£) used as the object
of a verb or preposition when ‘one’ is the subject of the verb or is understood
as the subject ( one fp Tf] ill (ft ± N“,
oneself (ft^io ) ft B , ft Ih One
has to
ask oneself what the purpose
of the exercise is. A