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Word family  noun whole wholesomeness adjective whole wholesome ≠ unwholesome adverb wholly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++whole1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective  1  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 English 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。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。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。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。8  the whole nine yards American English 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 [uncountable] → 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

Examples from the Corpus

whole• "I want the whole area searched!" said the chief of police.• And why, if they are so pious, are there speculators who buy up whole blocks of houses with inflated currency?• She was so frightened, her whole body was shaking.• I drank a whole bottle of wine by myself.• She drank a whole bottle of wine.• It took a whole day to get the computers running again.• The name of this caput is usually the same as the whole estate and it is often recorded very early on.• Nora had spent her whole life trying to find happiness.• I have a whole magazine that exists for no other reason than to publicize me.• She spent the whole of the journey complaining about her boyfriend.• The Romans conquered almost the whole of Western Europe.• After spending years piecing together fragments, we now have the whole original manuscript.• Indeed the whole question of when a product becomes too expensive to be offered as a sample is very difficult.• In every community there are groups of people who help form your opinions about a whole range of things.• There must be a whole shelf of books claiming to tell you how to tap the right brain.• If the boy was actually here at the house he must have spent the whole time with Lois and her little tour.• It seemed to be testing him the whole time.• I didn't see her again for a whole year.The whole thing• Here we are, second-class citizens in our own country. The whole thing embarrasses her.• Sofia had never given him any encouragement. The whole thing had been a fantasy, and that was that.• He is soft-spoken and his message is understated. The whole thing is a little ironic, but nobody seems to notice.• The whole thing really irritates me.• He felt like a circus. The whole thing was irregular.• They both knew where I lived. The whole thing was like watching snooker on a black-and-white telly.• They wheeled us on in the background like a couple of fossils. The whole thing was nonsense from start to finish.swallowing ... whole• Haupt, Jesselson, and Arnold swallowed small pizzas whole.• If either railroad swallowed Conrail whole, it would dominate railroading east of the Mississippi River.• If we are to digest it properly it must be swallowed whole.• Oil giants such as Getty were stalked by takeover wildcatter T Boone Pickens and swallowed whole by others.• The prey is then drawn up to the mouth and swallowed whole.• What was really wonderful was that the paper swallowed the hoax whole.whole2 ●●● S2 W2 noun  1  the whole of something ALL/EVERYTHINGall of something, especially something that is not a physical object 整个事物〔尤用于非实物〕 The whole of the morning was wasted trying to find the documents. 整个上午都浪费在找文件上了。2  on the whole IN GENERALused to say that something is generally true 总的看来，总体而言 On the whole, I thought the film was pretty good. 总的来说，我认为这部电影很不错。3  as a whole ALL/EVERYTHINGused to say that all the parts of something are being considered together 整个来看〔用于表示所有部分都已考虑到〕 This project will be of great benefit to the region as a whole. 这个项目整体来看对该地区将大有好处。4  [countable usually singular]COMPLETE something that consists of a number of parts, but is considered as a single unit 整体〔某物包含数部分，但被当成一个单位〕 Two halves make a whole. 两个一半构成一个整体。

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whole• As a result the business class as a whole exhibits a high degree of integration and social cohesion ...• Therefore the development of democracy in production is the most important trend in deepening and broadening socialist democracy as a whole.• The accounts of the National Health Service as a whole offer a good example.• For it is this, as the whole of physic teaches, which destroys our body more than any other cause.• In fact, Dunrossness has long been considered to be the most fertile and agriculturally productive area in the whole of Shetland.• In the whole of 1995, imports accounted for 58 % compared with 57 % in 1994.• On the whole it seems difficult to believe they are very important.Origin whole1 Old English hal “healthy, unhurt, complete”

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whole¹ S1 W1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ adjective1. [only before noun] all of something
   SYN  entire:
    You have your whole life ahead of you__
    His whole attitude bugs me.
    We ate the whole cake in about ten minutes.
    The whole thing (=everything about the situation) just makes me sick.
    We just sat around and watched TV the whole time (=the only thing we did was watch television).
    I don’t believe she’s telling us the whole story (=all the facts).
    It was months before the whole truth came out.
    the whole school/country/village etc (=all the people in a school, country etc)
    The whole town came out for the parade.
2. whole lot informal
  a. a whole lot very much:
    I’m feeling a whole lot better.
    I don’t cook a whole lot anymore.
  b. a whole lot (of something) a large quantity or number:
    We’re going to have a whole lot of problems if we don’t finish this by tomorrow.
    You can find a nice house in this neighborhood, and you don’t have to spend a whole lot.
  c. the whole lot especially British English all of something:
    She gave me the whole lot for 20 pounds.
3. a whole range/series/variety etc (of something) used to emphasize that there are a lot of things of a similar type:
    There are a whole range of sizes to choose from.
4. complete and not divided or broken into parts:
    Place a whole onion inside the chicken.
    a snake swallowing a mouse whole (=swallowing it without chewing)
5. the whole point (of something) used to emphasize the purpose for doing something, especially when you believe this is unclear or has been forgotten:
    I thought the whole point of the meeting was to decide which offer to accept.
6. in the whole (wide) world informal an expression meaning ‘anywhere’ or ‘at all’, used to emphasize a statement:
    I have the best job in the whole wide world.
7. go the whole hog (also go whole hog American English) informal to do something as completely or as well as you can, without any limits:
    I’m gonna go whole hog and have a live band at the barbecue.
8. the whole nine yards American English spoken including everything that is typical of or possible in an activity, situation, set of things etc:
    Our new apartment complex has a tennis court, swimming pool, playground – the whole nine yards.
—wholeness noun [uncountable]
⇨ 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

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whole² S2 W2 noun1. the whole of something all of something, especially something that is not a physical object:
    The whole of the morning was wasted trying to find the documents.
2. on the whole used to say that something is generally true:
    On the whole, I thought the film was pretty good.
3. as a whole used to say that all the parts of something are being considered together:
    This project will be of great benefit to the region as a whole.
4. [countable usually singular] something that consists of a number of parts, but is considered as a single unit:
    Two halves make a whole.