1.wh-ever 疑問句式表示強調(diào)
Whatever are you going to do next? 下一步你究竟要做什么?
Whenever shall we meet again? 我們究竟什么時候才能再見面?
2.某些短語可置于疑問詞之后,表示表示強調(diào)
on earth 究竟 in the world 到底 in heaven 究竟 under the sun 究竟
Where in heaven were you then? 當時你到底在哪里?
What on earth is the matter there? 那里究竟發(fā)生了什么事?
Where in the world could he be? 他到底會在哪兒?
Nobody under the sun would buy that car.確實沒有人會買那輛車。
3.at all表示強調(diào)
(1)用于否定句、條件句,表示“完全,根本”。
If it were not for the sun,we could not live at all.
如果沒有太陽,我們根本不能生存。
Do it well if you do it at all.要做就要做好。
(2)用于肯定句或疑問句,表示“真的,確實”。
You are fortunate to be able to speak even a little Spanish at all.
你很幸運,真的會講一點西班牙語。
Do you feel ill at all? 你真的感到不舒服嗎?