1ALL/EVERYTHINGconsidering or including everything 全部,总共
Williams came fifth overall.
威廉斯的总排名是第五。
What will it cost, overall?
这总共要花多少钱?
2[sentence adverbadv]IN GENERAL generally 一般地,总体上
Overall, prices are still rising.
总的来说,价格仍在上涨。
Examples from the Corpus
overall• The projectbudget is around $25 million overall.• Miller, Dawes, Moceanu and Strug all placed in the top 11 overall.• There are more women in positions of power-though their numbers overall are still pitifully few.• And so, overall, few new jobs would be created.• Overall, it's been a good year.• Most patients are dead within a year of the diagnosis and overall, less than 1% live more than five years.• Six out of 10 Laboursupporters, and 69 % of votersoverall, opposedjoining the euro.• At Merrill overall, the estimated increase in pay and benefits per employee is 3 %, according to Johnson Associates Inc.• One or two products didn't do so well, but overall we've had a highly successful year.
3.overalls[plural]British EnglishBrEDCC a piece of clothing like a shirt and trousers in one piece that is worn over other clothes to protect them 〔上下连身的〕工作服SYN American English coveralls
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overall• The woman in the greyoverallservingcustomers looked just like anyone else.• I am wearing overalls and a stripedpullover I hate because it reminds me of the clothes men wear on chaingangs.• You will then change into a set of white overalls which are made of paper.