after all

詞意辨析：

above all, after all, at all, in all

這四個詞組都是與all有關的常用詞組。
above all: 意為“尤其是”、“首先”、“最重要的是”，常位於句首或句中，作插入語，起強調作用。

• But above all tell me quickly what I have to do．
  可首先快些告訴我該做什麼。
• A clock must above all keeps good time．
  時鐘最重要的是必須走得準。

after all: 意為“畢竟”、“終究”、“終歸”、“到底”，在句中位置較靈活。可位於句首、句中或句末。

• After all，your birthday is only two weeks away．
  畢竟，兩周后就是你的生日。
• He is，after all，a small child．
  他畢竟還是個小孩子。
• He failed after all．
  他終於失敗了。

at all: 用於否定句時，意為“絲毫；根本”，用於疑問句時意為“究竟；到底”，用於條件句時，常譯為“當真；實在”。用於肯定句中，表示說話人的某種情緒或情感（如懷疑或驚奇等），意為“竟然”等。

• He doesn’t like you at all．
  他根本不喜歡你。
• Are you going to do it at all？
  你究竟做不做這件事？
• If you do it at all，do it well.
  若你真要做這件事，就得做好。
• I was surprised at his coming at all．
  他竟然來了，我很驚訝。

in all: 意為“總共”，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．)
  這兒共有25,000因努伊特人。

英文解釋：

副詞 after all:

1. emphasizes something to be considered
2. in spite of expectations

例句：

1. I'll have to go to my aunt's funeral she was my own flesh and blood after all.
   我得參加我姑姑的葬禮－－她是我的親人哪。
2. The old methods proved best after all.
   採用老方法結果反而是某事物最好。
3. He did climb down after all.
   最終他屈服了。
4. The play came to an end after all.
   這場戲總算結束了。
5. Don't blame him for breaking that vase; after all he is a child.
   別怪他打碎那個花瓶，他畢竟是小孩子嘛。
6. I was so tired after all that gardening that I was out for the count for ten whole hours last night.
   把花園裡所有的活幹完後，我實在太累了，昨晚沉睡了足足有10個小時。
7. You should be charitable with him; he is a child after all.
   你應該對他寬容些，畢竟他還是個孩子。
8. You should forgive him for his forgetfulness; after all, he is over seventy.
   你應該原諒他的健忘症，畢竟他已經七十多歲了。