VOA慢速英语:William Faulkner,1897-1962: He Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949

1.In nineteen forty-five, all seventeen books William Faulkner had written by then were not being published.

部分否定

all，every，both，always等用于否定结构时不是全部被否定，而是表示其中的一部分被否定。而且英语多半将not置于谓语中。

例如：

All is not a gold that glitters.（即Not all that glitters is gold.）
闪闪发光物，未必尽黄金。

Every one cannot write novels.（即Not every one can write novels.）
不是所有的人都能写小说。

2.The collection attempted to show what Faulkner was trying to do, and how each different book was part of a unified effort.

attempt to试图

例句：The offender attempted to grease the palm of the judge.
       罪犯企图贿赂法官。