wholly

英 [ˈhəʊlli]

美 [ˈhoʊlli]

adv.  完全地; 全面地; 整体地

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Collins.2 / BNC.3314 / COCA.6835

牛津词典

adv.

• 完全地；全面地；整体地
  completely
  1. wholly inappropriate behaviour
     完全失当的行为
  2. The government is not wholly to blame for the recession.
     这次衰退不能完全怨政府。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 完全地;完整地
  You usewhollyto emphasize the extent or degree to which something is the case.
  1. While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations...
     尽管这两人年龄上只相差几天，他们却好像是属于完全不同时代的人。
  2. For urban areas this approach was wholly inadequate...
     对于市区来说，这种办法根本不会奏效。
  3. The accusation is wholly without foundation.
     这项指控完全没有依据。

英英释义

adv

• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
  1. he was wholly convinced
  2. entirely satisfied with the meal
  3. it was completely different from what we expected
  4. was completely at fault
  5. a totally new situation
  6. the directions were all wrong
  7. it was not altogether her fault
  8. an altogether new approach
  9. a whole new idea
  Synonym:entirelycompletelytotallyallaltogetherwhole

双语例句

• Neither he nor you are wholly right.
  他不全对，你也不全对。
• I wholly accept, thank you!
  我全收下了，谢谢！
• Her advice has frequently been less than wholly helpful.
  她的建议往往毫无帮助。
• While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations
  尽管这两人年龄上只相差几天，他们却好像是属于完全不同时代的人。
• For urban areas this approach was wholly inadequate
  对于市区来说，这种办法根本不会奏效。
• I am wholly yours& you are everything to me;
  我完全属于你&你是我的一切；
• The widow was moved wholly.
  寡妇完全被感动了。
• They had wholly ceased to be in control of it.
  他们已经完全停止了对这事的控制。
• His mind was wholly taken up with the question.
  他满脑子都在想这个问题。
• These people are not wholly reliant on Western charity
  这些人并非完全依赖西方慈善团体。