wholesale

adverb

/ˈhəʊlseɪl/

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in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit批发的；趸售的
- We buy the building materials wholesale.我们批量购买建筑材料。
compare retailTopics Businessc2
in very large numbers大规模的
- These young people die wholesale from heroin overdoses.这些年轻人因过量吸食海洛因大批死亡。

adjective

/ˈhəʊlseɪl/

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connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit批发的；趸售的
- wholesale prices批发价格
compare retail1Topics Shoppingc2
(especially of something bad尤指负面的事物) happening or done to a very large number of people or things大规模的
- the wholesale slaughter of innocent people对无辜人民的大屠杀
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- Localized tensions had developed into wholesale slaughter.区域性紧张局势发展成大规模的杀戮行为。
- The government warned that wholesale changes could lead to major destabilization.政府警告说，大规模的变革可能会导致严重的不稳定。
- They did their best to prevent the wholesale destruction of the cities.他们尽最大努力防止城市遭到大规模破坏。