whole1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj → hole1 ALL/EVERYTHING[only before noun] all of something 全部的,整个的 SYN entire You have your whole life ahead of you! 你有一辈子要过呢!
His whole attitude bugs me. 他的整个态度都让我讨厌。
We ate the whole cake in about ten minutes. 大约十分钟的时间,我们就把整个蛋糕都给吃完了。
The whole thing (=everything about the situation) just makes me sick. 这一切简直让我恶心。
We just sat around and watched TV the whole time (=the only thing we did was watch television). 我们一直都只是坐着看看电视。
I don’t believe she’s telling us the whole story (=all the facts). 我认为她没有告诉我们全部实情。
It was months before the whole truth came out. 几个月以后才真相大白。
the whole school/country/village etc (=all the people in a school, country etc) 全校/全国/全村等的人 The whole town came out for the parade. 全镇人都出来游行了。
2 whole lot informal a) a whole lot very much 非常,很 I’m feeling a whole lot better. 我现在觉得好多了。
I don’t cook a whole lot anymore. 我不怎么做饭了。
b) a whole lot (of something) a large quantity or number 许多,大量 We’re going to have a whole lot of problems if we don’t finish this by tomorrow. 我们要是到明天完不成的话问题就多了。
You can find a nice house in this neighborhood, and you don’t have to spend a whole lot. 你可以在这附近找到很好的房子,而且不用花费很多钱。
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英镑就把所有的东西都给了我。
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)范畴/系列/种类等〔用于强调同一类中包含很多东西〕 There are a whole range of sizes to choose from. 尺寸齐全,任你选择。
4 COMPLETEcomplete and not divided or broken into parts 完整的;没有破碎的 Place a whole onion inside the chicken. 在鸡的肚子里放一整个洋葱。
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. 我认为这次会议的主旨是决定接受哪一个提议。
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〔用于强调陈述句〕 I have the best job in the whole wide world. 我拥有一份世上最好的工作。
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 彻底地干;尽力而为 I’m gonna go whole hog and have a live band at the barbecue. 我打算干脆在烧烤野餐上请一个现场乐队。
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 〔活动、情况等〕具备一切可能的因素 Our new apartment complex has a tennis court, swimming pool, playground – the whole nine yards. 我们的新公寓楼有网球场、游泳池、游乐场——应有尽有。
—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