英语中怎么表达“一直以来”、“从头到尾”这个时间状语，我们来看一下。

1. all the time:

例：

Bill talks about football all the time. （比尔总是谈论足球。）

I keep practicing and I'm improving all the time. （我坚持练习，所以一直在进步。）

all the time (that)

I couldn't really enjoy my holiday because I was sick all the time I was there. （我没有很好地享受假期，因为在那儿的那段时间里我一直在生病。）

All the time I was talking to him he just sat and stared at the television. （我跟他说话的时候他就一直坐着盯着电视。）

2. the whole time: during the entire time

例：

He worries about her the whole time. （他一直为她担心。）

She just talked about her kids the whole time. （她一直在说她孩子的事。）

We just sat around and watch TV the whole time. （我们一直围坐在一起看电视。）

3. throughout/all through: during all of a particular period of time, especially when this is a long time

例：

She lived in Switzerland throughout the war. （整个战争期间，她都住在瑞士。）

We throw a party every weekend throughout the year. （一整年间，每个周末我们都办派对。）

There will be live entertainment throughout the day. （白天一直都有现场表演。）

He was involved in politics throughout his life. （他终生从政。）

The debate continued, but Henry remained silent throughout. （辩论还在继续，但亨利始终保持沉默。）

John was sickly all through his childhood. （约翰小时候一直体弱多病。）

4. all day/night/summer etc. long: during all of the day, night, summer etc.

It often rains here all day long. （这儿经常整天整天地下雨。）

The music coming from the apartment upstairs kept me awake all night long. （楼上传来的音乐声让我一夜未眠。）

He went to swim every day all summer long. （他整个夏天每天都去游泳。）

5. all along: if a particular situation has existed all along, it has existed all the time right from the beginning, although you may not have known about it

备注：一般用于口语中。

例：

I spent over an hour looking for my keys, and they were in my purse all along. （我花了一个多小时来找钥匙，结果钥匙其实一直在我包里。）

You basically lived here all along. （你基本上一直都住在这儿。）

They should have known all along that she was lying. （他们早该意识到她一直在撒谎。）

I knew all along I wanted to live in Australia. （我一直都想住在澳大利亚。）

He realized that she'd been right all along. （他意识到，她一直都是对的。）

6. from start to finish/from beginning to end: if an event or something that you do is good, bad etc. from start to finish, it is like that from the time it begins until it ends

例：

It was an awful day at work—problems from start to finish. （今天上班真可怕，从早到晚都出问题。）

She read the letter from start to finish without looking up. （她头也没抬地把信从头到尾读完。）

The whole thing was a disaster from beginning to end. （整件事从头到尾都糟透了！）

''Cats'' is first-rate entertainment from beginning to end. （《猫》从来都是最好的剧目。）