in all

above all, after all, at all, in all

这四个词组都是与all有关的常用词组。
above all: 意为“尤其是”、“首先”、“最重要的是”，常位于句首或句中，作插入语，起强调作用。

• but above all tell me quickly what i have to do．
  可首先快些告诉我该做什么。
• a clock must above all keeps good time．
  时钟最重要的是必须走得准。

after all: 意为“毕竟”、“终究”、“终归”、“到底”，在句中位置较灵活。可位于句首、句中或句末。

• after all，your birthday is only two weeks away．
  毕竟，两周后就是你的生日。
• he is，after all，a small child．
  他毕竟还是个小孩子。
• he failed after all．
  他终于失败了。

at all: 用于否定句时，意为“丝毫；根本”，用于疑问句时意为“究竟；到底”，用于条件句时，常译为“当真；实在”。用于肯定句中，表示说话人的某种情绪或情感（如怀疑或惊奇等），意为“竟然”等。

• he doesn’t like you at all．
  他根本不喜欢你。
• are you going to do it at all？
  你究竟做不做这件事？
• if you do it at all，do it well.
  若你真要做这件事，就得做好。
• i was surprised at his coming at all．
  他竟然来了，我很惊讶。

in all: 意为“总共”，既可放在句首，也可放在句末。

• there are 25,000 inuit in all．(＝in all, there are 25,000 inuit．)
  这儿共有25,000因努伊特人。

副词 in all:

1. with everything included or counted
   同义词：altogether, all told

1. We must consider this question in all its bearings.
   我们因该考虑到问题的各方面。
2. He had wonderful luck in all his ventures.
   他干任何事情运气都好。
3. The bright moonlight showed the Taj Mahal in all its glory.
   泰姬陵在明亮的月光下显得光彩夺目。
4. I may say in all sincerity that you have been my most loyal friend.
   我可以非常真诚地说，你一直是我最忠实的朋友。
5. All in all, he's more learned than he was ten years ago.
   总的说来，他比10年前更有学问了。
6. He visited, in all, ten hospitals in China.
   他在中国共参观了10家医院。
7. We numbered 20 (ie There were 20 of us) in all.
   我们共计20人。
8. That's 5.40 in all.
   总共5.40英镑。