1 ADV [ADVERB after verb] 完全；全然；全部地 You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely. 完全；全然；全部地 [emphasis]
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When Artie stopped calling altogether, Julie found a new man.
当阿蒂彻底不再上门后，朱莉又找了个男人。
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His tour may have to be cancelled altogether.
他的旅行可能不得不彻底取消。
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Clinical test results are certainly encouraging — 10 per cent of wrinkles disappear altogether.
临床试验的结果无疑是令人振奋的—10%的皱纹完全消失了。
2 ADV [ADVERB adjective/adverb] （用于形容词或副词前表示强调）显然，完全 You use altogether in front of an adjective or adverb to emphasize a quality that someone or something has. （用于形容词或副词前表示强调）显然，完全 [emphasis]
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The choice of language is altogether different.
对语言的选择完全是另一回事。
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Today's celebrations have been altogether more sedate.
今天的庆祝活动显然更加庄重。
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This wine has an altogether stronger, more pronounced flavour than their other white wines.
与他们其他的白葡萄酒相比，这种葡萄酒的口味显然更加浓郁醇厚。
SYN completely, all, fully, entirely
3 ADV [with neg] （弱化否定语气）太，十分，非常 You use altogether to modify a negative statement and make it less forceful. （弱化否定语气）太，十分，非常
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We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth.
我们不能完全肯定彗星不会与地球相撞。
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The fashion business, he claims, not altogether convincingly, is more real than the film business.
他声称时尚业比电影业更真实，但他的话并不完全令人信服。
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'I'm not altogether a fool,' she said gruffly.
“我还不太傻，”她生硬地说。
4 ADV 总体来说；总之；基本上 You can use altogether to introduce a summary of what you have been saying. 总体来说；总之；基本上
SYN on the whole, generally, mostly, in general
5 ADV 总共 If several amounts add up to a particular amount altogether, that amount is their total. 总共
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Britain has a dozen warships in the area, with a total of five thousand military personnel altogether.
英国在该地区驻有12艘战舰，共有5,000名军人。
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Altogether seven inmates escaped by scaling a wall and climbing down scaffolding.
总共有7名犯人攀墙从脚手架上爬下来逃走了。
| Usage | altogether and all together |
| Altogether and all together are easily confused. Altogether means "in all": Altogether, I saw four movies at the film festival last week. All together means "together in a group": It was the first time we were all together in four years and it meant a lot to me. |
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