词汇 | whole |
释义 | whole adjective uk /həʊl/ us /hoʊl/ A2 complete or not divided: 全部的;整个的;整体的 I spent the whole day cleaning.我花了一整天打扫卫生。 There's still a whole month till my birthday.离我的生日还有整整1个月时间。 After my exercise class, my whole body ached.体育课之后,我浑身都疼。 The whole town was destroyed by the earthquake.地震将整个城镇都摧毁了。 whole thingThis whole thing (= situation) is ridiculous.这一切太荒谬了。 whole timeBill does nothing but complain the whole time (= all the time).比尔什么都没做,一直在抱怨。 whole truthYou have to stand up in court and promise to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth".你必须站在法庭上宣誓:“事实,全部事实,只有事实。” Her dance compositions added a whole (= completely) new dimension to the contemporary dance repertoire.她的舞蹈作品为现代舞剧目增添了全新的内容。 informal used to emphasize something: (用于表示强调) I have a whole pile of work to do this afternoon.我今天下午有一大堆工作要做。 a whole lotThe new computers are a whole lot (= much) faster.新计算机的速度要快得多了。 She gave the whole class extra homework for a week.她给全班额外布置了一星期的家庭作业。 The police combed the whole area for evidence.警方为了寻找证据搜遍了整个地区。 We've just appointed a coordinator who will oversee the whole project.我们刚刚指定了一位监督整个工程的协调人。 They spoke in Russian the whole time.他们一直用俄语交谈。 It seemed as though the whole city had turned out for their team's triumphant homecoming.几乎全城的人都出来欢迎自己的队伍凯旋归来。 Complete and whole (all) in one pieceidiom aggregate all or nothingidiom all toldidiom all-in-one all-inclusive fibre full strength full-fledged full-length fully fully fledged implicit systemic thorough thoroughgoingly thoroughly through and throughidiom to the lastidiom totality You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: very & extreme GrammarAll or whole? All and whole are determiners. … All or whole for single entities We use the whole or the whole of to refer to complete single things and events that are countable and defined: … All the with uncountable nouns We use all the and not the whole with uncountable nouns: … All and whole with plural nouns We usually use all the and all of the with plural nouns: … All and whole: typical errors We don’t use all before a and an: … Whole Whole is a determiner. We use whole before nouns and after other determiners (my, the, a/an, their) to talk about quantity. We use it to describe the completeness of something: … Idiomsgo the whole hog the whole bit a whole lot the whole lot whole adverb uk /həʊl/ us /hoʊl/ wholeadverb (IN ONE PIECE)C2 as a single object and not in pieces: 整体地 The seeds can be eaten whole or ground in a coffee grinder.这些豆子可以整个吃,也可以用咖啡机磨成粉。 Complete and whole (all) in one pieceidiom aggregate all or nothingidiom all toldidiom all-in-one all-inclusive fibre full strength full-fledged full-length fully fully fledged implicit systemic thorough thoroughgoingly thoroughly through and throughidiom to the lastidiom totality wholeadverb (COMPLETELY)informal completely: 完全的,全然的 Now he's arrived, it's a whole different situation.现在他来了,情况就完全不同了。 Linguistics: very & extreme abjectly absolutely abundantly abundantly clear beyond biblical downright extraordinarily extremely imagine infinitely particularly richly stupefyingly super super-duper super-spectacular superabundantly totally violently You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complete and whole GrammarAll or whole? All and whole are determiners. … All or whole for single entities We use the whole or the whole of to refer to complete single things and events that are countable and defined: … All the with uncountable nouns We use all the and not the whole with uncountable nouns: … All and whole with plural nouns We usually use all the and all of the with plural nouns: … All and whole: typical errors We don’t use all before a and an: … whole noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /həʊl/ us /hoʊl/ a complete thing: 全部;整体;全体 Two halves make a whole.两个一半构成一个整体。 the wholeYou should consider each problem as an aspect of the whole.你必须把每个问题作为整体的一个方面来考虑。 the whole of something B1 all of something: 整个… I'll be on holiday the whole of next week.下周一整周我都要休假。 I don't know anything about the workings of other departments or about the organization as a whole.我根本不知道其他部门或整个组织是如何运转的。 The improvement in sales figures had a beneficial effect on the company as a whole. She drinks a lot less now, to the benefit of her health as a whole.她现在酒喝得少多了,整个身体健康状况也有所改善。 In gestalt psychology and gestalt psychotherapy, people's thoughts and emotions are seen as complex wholes.在格式塔心理学和格式塔精神疗法中,人的思想和情感被视为复杂的整体。 Four quarters make a whole. Complete and whole (all) in one pieceidiom aggregate all or nothingidiom all toldidiom all-in-one all-inclusive fibre full strength full-fledged full-length fully fully fledged implicit systemic thorough thoroughgoingly thoroughly through and throughidiom to the lastidiom totality GrammarAll or whole? All and whole are determiners. … All or whole for single entities We use the whole or the whole of to refer to complete single things and events that are countable and defined: … All the with uncountable nouns We use all the and not the whole with uncountable nouns: … All and whole with plural nouns We usually use all the and all of the with plural nouns: … All and whole: typical errors We don’t use all before a and an: … Idiomsas a whole on the whole whole | American Dictionarywhole adjective[ not gradable ] us/hoʊl/ all of something; the full amount: Painting the two rooms will take the whole day. He cooked a meal for the whole school. Whole can also mean in one piece: You can eat the fruit whole or cut it up. infml Whole can also be used to emphasize something: I’ve got a whole lot to do this afternoon. Idiomthe whole bit whole noun[ C/U ] us/hoʊl/ all of the parts of something considered together as one thing, or all of something: [ C ]Two halves make a whole. [ U ]She’ll be away the whole of next month. Idiomon the whole Examples of wholewhole Ordinary women's inferior rights to land were a key aspect in women's subordination as a whole. The citizens of the country constitute an organic whole, which is integrated by the general will of the masses. Soldiers were to be seen there as they were to be seen everywhere - but on the whole these were pacific regions. Higher ranks are given to sources that are more generalizable to the population as a whole. The multiple roles that people hold within their family, community, work, and society as a whole work to define their sense of self. Formal political influence over policy increased gradually over the whole period at the expense of technical influence, and social objectives were given priority. They were then told to put the sounds together to say the whole word. Are we being told the whole story, or only that part of it which suits the author's purpose? Most fruitful to that study is understanding the ' fundamental symbolic system underlying the whole range of ritual institutions ' (145). Too often, disease control methods, or even whole health care systems, have been transplanted from one country to another. Within these two themes, most experimenters have chosen a whole organism approach and only a handful a biochemical route (appendix 6). It encompasses the whole learning process, including learning styles and strategies. While there may be some truth in each of these suggestions, none of them reveals the whole picture. Thus, his whole view is not one of double irrelevance. A cache line consists of many cells, and we have assumed that the whole line would be transferred. See all examples of whole These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withwholewholeThese are words often used in combination with whole. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. coherent whole This is meaning as a coherentwhole. cohesive whole No cohesivewhole is presented. harmonious whole A fourth quality concinnitas brings the individual parts into a harmoniouswhole. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with whole |
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