of all things

1 used to emphasize that your statement is true of one particular person, thing, or place more than any other 在所有的人/事物/地方之中等唯独

You shouldn’t have done it. You of all people should know that.

你不该那样做，这一点你是最应该知道的。

She did not want to quarrel with Maria today, of all days.

偏偏今天她不想与玛丽亚争吵。

Examples from the Corpus

of all people/things/places etc• A kitten, of all things.• There I was admitted by the butler, of all people.• William Forsyth began it before he sold out, with the help of John Brown, of all people.• She heard, of all things, a piano.• So, in Missouri, of all places, my Koreanization began.• She was a homeless wanderer until tiny Delos alone of all places on earth consented to receive her.• He of all people picks his words carefully.• The rest of my offences were committed in self-defence, when I found the hands of all People were against me.

→ of all people/things/places etc at all1(3)

2 SURPRISEDused to show that you are surprised or shocked by something that someone has done or said 偏偏，真没想到

She gave up a promising career as a stockbroker to become a weaver, of all things.

真没想到，她放弃当证券经纪人的大好前途，当了一名织布工。

Examples from the Corpus

of all things• One of my mess-mates was killed by a beer barrel, of all things.• Jones left his job and became, of all things, a priest.• After all, in the hallucinogenic world of the militias, the government is the enemy of all things good and true.• His journey includes an examination of all things.• She heard, of all things, a piano.• He likens creation to a painter mixing just four pigments to form the likenesses of all things.• The meeting promises a veritable smorgasbord of all things otherworldly, this time with a focus on those eerie Phoenix lights.• That of all things he did not wish responsibility for.• She's the voice of all things that don't get a voice.

→ of all things at thing(16)

词汇	of all things
释义	of all things of all things 1 used to emphasize that your statement is true of one particular person, thing, or place more than any other 在所有的人/事物/地方之中等唯独 You shouldn’t have done it. You of all people should know that. 你不该那样做，这一点你是最应该知道的。 She did not want to quarrel with Maria today, of all days. 偏偏今天她不想与玛丽亚争吵。 Examples from the Corpus of all people/things/places etc• A kitten, of all things.• There I was admitted by the butler, of all people.• William Forsyth began it before he sold out, with the help of John Brown, of all people.• She heard, of all things, a piano.• So, in Missouri, of all places, my Koreanization began.• She was a homeless wanderer until tiny Delos alone of all places on earth consented to receive her.• He of all people picks his words carefully.• The rest of my offences were committed in self-defence, when I found the hands of all People were against me. → of all people/things/places etc at all1(3) 2 SURPRISEDused to show that you are surprised or shocked by something that someone has done or said 偏偏，真没想到 She gave up a promising career as a stockbroker to become a weaver, of all things. 真没想到，她放弃当证券经纪人的大好前途，当了一名织布工。 Examples from the Corpus of all things• One of my mess-mates was killed by a beer barrel, of all things.• Jones left his job and became, of all things, a priest.• After all, in the hallucinogenic world of the militias, the government is the enemy of all things good and true.• His journey includes an examination of all things.• She heard, of all things, a piano.• He likens creation to a painter mixing just four pigments to form the likenesses of all things.• The meeting promises a veritable smorgasbord of all things otherworldly, this time with a focus on those eerie Phoenix lights.• That of all things he did not wish responsibility for.• She's the voice of all things that don't get a voice. → of all things at thing(16)
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