| 词组 | whole |
| 释义 | whole When you talk about the whole of something, you mean all of it. ...the whole of July. ...the whole of Europe. The whole of the eyeball was visible. Instead of using the whole of in front of a noun group beginning with 'the', you can simply use whole after 'the'. For example, instead of saying 'The whole of the house was on fire', you can say 'The whole house was on fire'. I spent the whole day in the Prado. They're the best in the whole world. You can use whole in a similar way after 'this', 'that', or a possessive. I just want to say how sorry I am about this whole business. I've never told this to anyone else in my whole life. You use whole after 'a' to emphasize that you mean all of something of a particular kind. I played Macbeth for a whole year. You can easily devote a whole morning to it. You can also use whole like this in front of the plural form of a noun. There were whole speeches I did not understand. Note that in front of plurals whole does not have the same meaning as all. If you say 'All the buildings have been destroyed', you mean that every building has been destroyed. If you say 'Whole buildings have been destroyed', you mean that some buildings have been destroyed completely. ◊ 'as a whole' You use as a whole after a noun to emphasize that you are talking about all of something and regarding it as a single unit. Is this true just in India, or in the world as a whole? Roads are essential to a country as a whole. ◊ 'on the whole' You add on the whole to a statement to indicate that what you are saying is only true in general and may not be true in every case. One or two were all right, but on the whole I used to hate going to lectures. I don't pretend that housework is fun because on the whole it isn't. |
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