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full; complete 全部的；整体的；完全的；所有的 Let's forget the whole thing. 咱们彻底忘掉这件事吧。 Jenna was my best friend in the whole world. 珍娜是我全世界最好的朋友。 It seems I've spent my whole life travelling. 看来我一生都在旅行。 The whole family will be there. 全家都会在。 But that's not the whole story, is it? 但这还不是全部，不是吗？ He spent the whole day writing. 他整整写了一天。 We drank a whole bottle each. 我们每人都喝了整整一瓶。 I went through the whole process with them. 我和他们一起经历了整个过程。 My whole body ached. 全身酸痛。 The whole country (= all the people in it) mourned her death. 举国都在为她的逝世哀悼。 The school is keen to involve the whole community in this project. 学校渴望让整个社区都参与这个项目。 She wasn't telling the whole truth. 她没有把实情都讲出来。
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used to emphasize how large or important something is （强调大小或重要性）整个的，全部的 I'm going to be talking about a whole range of things today. 今天我将谈论一系列的事情。 We are going to have a whole bunch of people over tomorrow night. 明晚我们会有一大群人过来。 I can't afford it—that's the whole point. 我买不起，这就是全部的理由。 We offer a whole variety of weekend breaks. 我们提供的周末假日活动丰富多彩，一应俱全。 I think the whole idea is ridiculous. 我觉得这整个想法荒诞可笑。
Homophones hole | wholehole whole- hole noun
She caught a fish through a hole in the ice. 她从冰上的一个洞里抓到了一条鱼。
- whole adjective
He hadn't told us the whole story. 他没有告诉我们整个故事。
- whole noun
The camera moves and you see the whole of the palace. 镜头移动，你可以看到整个宫殿。
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not broken or damaged 完整的；完好无损的 Owls usually swallow their prey whole (= without biting it into small pieces). 猫头鹰通常把猎物囫囵吞下。 Peel the small onions, but leave them whole. 剥小洋葱，但要保持完整。
Grammar Point half / whole / quarterhalf / whole / quarter- Quarter, half and whole can all be nouns:
quarter、half 和 whole 均可作名词： Cut the apple into quarters. 把苹果切成四等份。 Two halves make a whole. 两个一半构成一个整体。
- Whole is also an adjective:
whole 亦作形容词： I’ve been waiting here for a whole hour. 我在这儿等了整整一个小时。
- Half is also a determiner:
half 亦作限定词： Half (of) the work is already finished. 工作已经完成了一半。 They spent half the time looking for a parking space. 他们花了一半的时间寻找停车位。 Her house is half a mile down the road. 她的房子在这条路上前面半英里远的地方。
注意在此用法中 half 前面不加 a 或 the： I waited for half an hour 我等了半个小时。 - I waited for a half an hour.
- Half can also be used as an adverb:
This meal is only half cooked. 这饭只煮了个半熟。
Word OriginOld English hāl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heel and German heil, also to the verb hail (senses 1-3). The spelling with wh- (reflecting a dialect pronunciation with w-) first appeared in the 15th cent.
Idioms Most idioms containing whole are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example go the whole hog is at hog.
a whole lot
a whole lot (of something)
the whole lot
a whole 'nother…
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a completely different thing 全新的；完全不同的 Now that's a whole 'nother question. 但那完全是另一个问题。