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whole1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj → hole
1  ALL/EVERYTHING[only before noun] all of something 全部的，整個的 SYN entire
You have your whole life ahead of you!
你有一輩子要過呢！
His whole attitude bugs me.
他的整個態度都讓我討厭。
We ate the whole cake in about ten minutes.
大約十分鐘的時間，我們就把整個蛋糕都給吃完了。
The whole thing (=everything about the situation) just makes me sick.
這一切簡直讓我惡心。
We just sat around and watched TV the whole time (=the only thing we did was watch television).
我們一直都只是坐着看看電視。
I don’t believe she’s telling us the whole story (=all the facts).
我認爲她沒有告訴我們全部實情。
It was months before the whole truth came out.
幾個月以後才真相大白。
the whole school/country/village etc (=all the people in a school, country etc) 全校/全國/全村等的人
The whole town came out for the parade.
全鎮人都出來遊行了。
2  whole lot informal
a) a whole lot very much 非常，很
I’m feeling a whole lot better.
我現在覺得好多了。
I don’t cook a whole lot anymore.
我不怎麽做飯了。
b) a whole lot (of something) a large quantity or number 許多，大量
We’re going to have a whole lot of problems if we don’t finish this by tomorrow.
我們要是到明天完不成的話問題就多了。
You can find a nice house in this neighborhood, and you don’t have to spend a whole lot.
你可以在這附近找到很好的房子，而且不用花費很多錢。
c) the whole lot especially British EnglishBrE all of something 全部，所有
She gave me the whole lot for 20 pounds.
她要了20英鎊就把所有的東西都給了我。
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whole lot• Me, I've got to wire the whole lot in.• The whole lot is then regurgitated and given to mugs to drink.• Probably in the early afternoon, when visitors look a whole lot less suspicious.• A whole lot of meat went down those hungry throats.• I done buried a whole lot of people, but she the first one I ever wondered about.• All parties suffered, yet it was difficult to generate a whole lot of pity for any of them.• However, it did not take a whole lot of time to qualify my actions.• It was in weather like this that she had an urge to take the scissors and cut the whole lot off.
3  a whole range/series/variety etc (of something) LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTused to emphasize that there are a lot of things of a similar type (某物的)範疇/系列/種類等〔用於強調同一類中包含很多東西〕
There are a whole range of sizes to choose from.
尺寸齊全，任你選擇。
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a whole range/series/variety etc (of something)• A regular newsletter keeps people in touch and a whole series of social events are undertaken.• Exercise, in addition to good nutrition, can guard against a whole range of serious ailments.• I think it is going into your subconscious and picking up a whole series of signals.• It is practical activity that is important; the handling of a whole range of materials.• Knitters can choose from a whole range of techniques and their selection will be put on to a video, exclusive to them.• Parks provide space for a whole range of events, from steam rallies to horse shows.• Since then he had survived a whole series of setbacks.
4  COMPLETEcomplete and not divided or broken into parts 完整的；沒有破碎的
Place a whole onion inside the chicken.
在雞的肚子裏放一整個洋蔥。
a snake swallowing a mouse whole (=swallowing it without chewing)
正把老鼠囫囵吞下的蛇
5  the whole point (of something) PURPOSEused to emphasize the purpose for doing something, especially when you believe this is unclear or has been forgotten 〔某事的〕主旨，宗旨
I thought the whole point of the meeting was to decide which offer to accept.
我認爲這次會議的主旨是決定接受哪一個提議。
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the whole point (of something)• As the sperm penetrates the egg it obviously adds more genetic material, which of course is the whole point.• His real name is Markham-or, as Blue sounds it out to himself, mark him-and that is the whole point.• I mean, that was, in a way, the whole point.• Well, that was the whole point.• Since the whole point of belief is to be true, logical inconsistency in belief defeats the aim of belief.• The whole point of coming here was to visit the cathedral.• That, remember, is the whole point of female choosiness at leks.• Not to know that is to be ignorant of the whole point of the affirmation.
6  in the whole (wide) world informalEVERYWHERE an expression meaning ‘anywhere’ or ‘at all’ – used to emphasize a statement 普天之下〔用於強調陳述句〕
I have the best job in the whole wide world.
我擁有一份世上最好的工作。
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in the whole (wide) world• You're my best friend in the whole wide world!• A toast to Bernie-the worst stockbroker in the whole world!• I am not responsible for all the smuggling in the whole world.• I thought it was the most beautiful spot in the whole world.• There may be more bacteria in and on you as you read this than there are human beings in the whole world.• You are my favourite person in the whole world.• And his very best friend in the whole wide world is a rabbit.• All current affairs in the whole world of lamentable war and strife needed to be weighed in this balance.• There must be one woman in the whole world to whom he could tell the truth.
7  go the whole hog  (also go whole hog American English) informalCOMPLETE to do something as completely or as well as you can, without any limits 徹底地幹；盡力而爲
I’m gonna go whole hog and have a live band at the barbecue.
我打算幹脆在燒烤野餐上請一個現場樂隊。
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go the whole hog• He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog.• The Siemens display goes the whole hog.• Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this.• You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.• Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.• Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.• And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.• Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog, as one might say?
8  the whole nine yards American EnglishAmE spokenCOMPLETE including everything that is typical of or possible in an activity, situation, set of things etc 〔活動、情況等〕具備一切可能的因素
Our new apartment complex has a tennis court, swimming pool, playground – the whole nine yards.
我們的新公寓樓有網球場、遊泳池、遊樂場——應有盡有。
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the whole nine yards• We're going to hike there, sleep outside, cook our food on the campfire - the whole nine yards.• The white dresses, the long white gloves, the limos, the whole nine yards.
—wholeness noun [uncountableU]
→ a whole new ball game at ball game(3), → the whole shebang at shebang, → the whole shooting match at shooting match, → the whole enchilada at enchilada(3), → wholly
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whole• "I want the whole area searched!" said the chief of police.• And why, if they are so pious, are there speculators who buy up whole blocks of houses with inflated currency?• She was so frightened, her whole body was shaking.• I drank a whole bottle of wine by myself.• She drank a whole bottle of wine.• It took a whole day to get the computers running again.• The name of this caput is usually the same as the whole estate and it is often recorded very early on.• Nora had spent her whole life trying to find happiness.• I have a whole magazine that exists for no other reason than to publicize me.• She spent the whole of the journey complaining about her boyfriend.• The Romans conquered almost the whole of Western Europe.• After spending years piecing together fragments, we now have the whole original manuscript.• Indeed the whole question of when a product becomes too expensive to be offered as a sample is very difficult.• In every community there are groups of people who help form your opinions about a whole range of things.• There must be a whole shelf of books claiming to tell you how to tap the right brain.• If the boy was actually here at the house he must have spent the whole time with Lois and her little tour.• It seemed to be testing him the whole time.• I didn't see her again for a whole year.
The whole thing• Here we are, second-class citizens in our own country. The whole thing embarrasses her.• Sofia had never given him any encouragement. The whole thing had been a fantasy, and that was that.• He is soft-spoken and his message is understated. The whole thing is a little ironic, but nobody seems to notice.• The whole thing really irritates me.• He felt like a circus. The whole thing was irregular.• They both knew where I lived. The whole thing was like watching snooker on a black-and-white telly.• They wheeled us on in the background like a couple of fossils. The whole thing was nonsense from start to finish.
swallowing ... whole• Haupt, Jesselson, and Arnold swallowed small pizzas whole.• If either railroad swallowed Conrail whole, it would dominate railroading east of the Mississippi River.• If we are to digest it properly it must be swallowed whole.• Oil giants such as Getty were stalked by takeover wildcatter T Boone Pickens and swallowed whole by others.• The prey is then drawn up to the mouth and swallowed whole.• What was really wonderful was that the paper swallowed the hoax whole.
whole2 ●●● S2 W2 noun
1  the whole of something ALL/EVERYTHINGall of something, especially something that is not a physical object 整個事物〔尤用於非實物〕
The whole of the morning was wasted trying to find the documents.
整個上午都浪費在找文件上了。
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the whole of something• The religious movement of the late 1500s affected the whole of Europe.• One spark and the whole of your week's washing could start a conflagration.• I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview - I only wish we'd had longer.• In essence, the whole of Fellini can be found in this sequence from La strada.• In the whole of 1995, imports accounted for 58 % compared with 57 % in 1994.• Individuality is an important thing to me, but the sum is the whole of its parts.• That is, the whole of its nature or reality is at least adequately given by this description.• But the negative motive is not the whole of it.• I personally think we can't hang on to the whole of Jerusalem.
2  on the whole IN GENERALused to say that something is generally true 總的看來，總體而言
On the whole, I thought the film was pretty good.
總的來說，我認爲這部電影很不錯。
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on the whole• On the whole, he seems like an intelligent, likable person.• He appeared on the whole to be middle-aged.• But on the whole we had found less pollution than we anticipated.• If this transpires then the emergence of fairness really will have a substantial effect on the whole area of procedural due process.• Nevertheless, on the whole audiences didn't get to notice.• Although the organized activists were not on the whole the very poor, the poorest joined the demonstration.• Nevertheless, he had met no one, could see no one on the whole spread of Foinmen's Plain.• He next appears alone, and yet maintains his infected speech: The vengeance on the whole camp!
3  as a whole ALL/EVERYTHINGused to say that all the parts of something are being considered together 整個來看〔用於表示所有部分都已考慮到〕
This project will be of great benefit to the region as a whole.
這個項目整體來看對該地區將大有好處。
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as a whole• I hope that this allocation reflects the wishes of the House as a whole.• They interact as wholes, not as bits.• I do not see it like that, and I am sure that the nation as a whole would not either.• But the divide on issues between Bush and the people as a whole remains spectacular.• The U.S. population, as a whole, is very mobile compared to other countries.• Capitalists were forced to concede the wage rises which for the system as a whole were needed to sustain accumulation.• We should also think about the problems of the world as a whole, which cause mass migration in the first place.
4  [countableC usually singular]COMPLETE something that consists of a number of parts, but is considered as a single unit 整體〔某物包含數部分，但被當成一個單位〕
Two halves make a whole.
兩個一半構成一個整體。
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whole• As a result the business class as a whole exhibits a high degree of integration and social cohesion ...• Therefore the development of democracy in production is the most important trend in deepening and broadening socialist democracy as a whole.• The accounts of the National Health Service as a whole offer a good example.• For it is this, as the whole of physic teaches, which destroys our body more than any other cause.• In fact, Dunrossness has long been considered to be the most fertile and agriculturally productive area in the whole of Shetland.• In the whole of 1995, imports accounted for 58 % compared with 57 % in 1994.• On the whole it seems difficult to believe they are very important.
Origin whole1
Old English hal “healthy, unhurt, complete”
whole1 adjectiveadjwhole2 noun
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