| 释义 |
whole/həʊl/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state 完好无损的；完整的；原样未动的；未减少的 swallowed it whole 整个咽下去; there is not a plate left whole 连一个完好无损的盘子也没剩下 2 not less than; all there is of; entire, complete 不少于的；全部的；整体的；完全的 waited a whole year 等了整一年; tell the whole truth 说出全部真相; the whole school knows 全校都知道 3 (of blood or milk etc.) with no part removed (血液或牛奶等)完全的，未除去任何成分的 ●n. 1 a thing complete in itself 完全的东西；完整的东西 2 all there is of a thing 整体；整个 spent the whole of the summer by the sea 在海边度过了整整一个夏天 3 (foll. by 后跟 of) all members, inhabitants, etc., of 所有；全体；全部(成员、居民等) the whole of London knows it 全伦敦都知道这事 □ as a whole as a unity; not as separate parts 作为一个整体；整个看来 □ go the whole hog see 见 HOG □ on the whole taking everything relevant into account; in general 总的说来；大体上；一般来说 it was, on the whole, a good report 总的来说，这个报告不错; they behaved well on the whole 他们的表现总的来说是好的 □ wholeness n.[Old English hɑˉl, from Germanic] |