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| NOUN usually singular |
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| | acomplete thing made of several parts （由几部分构成的）整体，整个 | Two halves or four quarters make a whole. 两个一半或四个四分之一构成一个整体。 | |
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| - | as a whole
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| considering all the parts of something as one unit |
| 总体上；整个看来 |
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| His views are not popular with the townspeople as a whole. 他的观点总体上不受市民们的欢迎。 |
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| - | on the whole
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| used for talking about the general situation |
| 总的说来 |
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| It was a pretty good conference on the whole. 总的说来，这是一次很成功的会议。 |
| On the whole, she felt that the report was fair. 总的说来，她觉得这个报告很公正。 |
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| - | the whole of
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| all of something |
| 整个… |
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| Iwas off work for the whole of January. 整个1月份我都没上班。 |
| The problem will affect the whole of Europe. 这一问题将会影响整个欧洲。 |
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