1 complete; full 整个的;全部的:
I drank a whole bottle of water.我喝了满满一瓶水。Let's just forget the whole thing.我们且把这整件事忘了吧。She wasn't telling me the whole truth.她没有完全对我说实话。
2 not broken or cut 完整的:
Snakes swallow their prey whole (= in one piece).蛇会把猎物整个吞下。☞adverb wholly 副词为wholly
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/həʊl ||; hol/noun[sing]
1 a thing that is complete or full in itself 完整的东西;整体:
Two halves make a whole.两个一半构成一个整体。
2the whole of sth all that there is of sth 整个:
I spent the whole of the morning cooking.我花了整个早上烧菜。
as a whole as one complete thing or unit and not as separate parts 作为一个整体;整体来说:
This is true in Britain, but also in Europe as a whole.在英国是如此,在整个欧洲也是如此。on the whole generally, but not true in every case 大体上;总的来说:
On the whole I think it's a very good idea.大体上,我认为这是个很不错的主意。