核心问题
[The clerks wake up, there is a furious clatter of drays,] and all in a twinkling the dead town is alive and moving...
[原译]……一切在这一瞬之间使这死的村镇又活了……(《密士士必河上》)句中的 all 是指“一切”吗?
词典解答
all 在句中不是作主语,而是作为副词,跟 in a twinkling 构成一个意群,起强调语作用。类例:
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Then all at once there was a crash of breaking glass. 接着突然传来一阵砸碎玻璃的声音。
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They put flowers all around the statue. 他们在塑像周围全放上了鲜花。
[试译]……在这一瞬间,这个死一般沉寂的村镇又活了,又活动起来了。