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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌfull-ˈscale adjective [only before noun]  1 COMPLETEas complete or thorough as possible 最大限度的;彻底的;全面的full-scale attack/war/riot etc 全面的进攻/战争/暴乱等full-scale study/review etc The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash. 政府将会全面调查坠机事故。2. PICTUREa full-scale drawing, model etc is the same size as the thing it represents 照原尺寸的,与实物一样大小的 SYN life-size
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full-scaleThey had even absorbed and beaten off a full-scale attack on their street distribution structure by a powerful enemy.A week later there arrived a check sufficient to launch a full-scale book donation program in Czechoslovakia.The country is on the brink of full-scale civil war.Marillion are now looking like the full-scale international merchants of pomp they've always aimed at being.Its inquiry could be followed by a full-scale Monopolies and Mergers Commission probe.Flexibility is the keynote and is a feature often recommended in pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study.It was the tail end of the season and there was no time for a full-scale tour.This time the fighting escalated into full-scale war.full-scale attack/war/riot etcAs minister of defence, he has instructed the army to step up training and preparations for the contingency of full-scale war.This time the fighting escalated into full-scale war.Before anyone knows what's happening, a full-scale war has developed.But the glimmering of understanding they now have is perhaps the one thing that makes another full-scale war less likely.This probably sounds like a run-up to a full-scale attack on Oxford and academic knowledge.But it was 6 September before all the Allied left-wing armies could turn about and launch a full-scale attack on the invaders.They had even absorbed and beaten off a full-scale attack on their street distribution structure by a powerful enemy.
ˌfull-ˈscale adjectiveChineseSyllable
or Corpus thorough as possible as complete


full-scale
ˌfull-ˈscale adjective [only before noun]
1. as complete or thorough as possible
    full-scale attack/war/riot etc
    full-scale study/review etc
    The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash.
2. a full-scale drawing, model etc is the same size as the thing it represents
   SYN  life-size


full-scaleBrE /ˌfʊl ˈskeɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfʊl ˈskeɪl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] that is as complete and thorough as possible 全面的;完全的;彻底的a full-scale attack全面攻击that is the same size as sth that is being copied 原尺寸的;和实物同样大小的a full-scale model原尺寸模型