entirely
英 [ɪnˈtaɪəli]
美 [ɪnˈtaɪərli]
adv. 全部地; 完整地; 完全地
TEM8
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1367 / COCA.1858
牛津词典
adv.
- 全部地;完整地;完全地
in every way possible; completely
- I entirely agree with you.
我完全同意你的看法。 - I'm not entirely happy about the proposal.
我对这个建议并不十分满意。 - That's an entirely different matter.
那完全是另一码事。 - The audience was almost entirely female.
观众几乎全是女性。
柯林斯词典
- ADV 完全地;完整地;全部地
Entirely means completely and not just partly.
- ...an entirely new approach...
全新的方法 - Fraud is an entirely different matter...
欺诈完全是另外一回事。 - Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity...
它们的价格几乎完全取决于它们的稀有程度。 - I failed in my career as a writer of fiction entirely because of deficiencies in the education system.
我的小说作家生涯失败了,原因完全是因为教育体制的缺陷。
- ADV 非常;很;完全
Entirely is also used to emphasize what you are saying.
- I agree entirely...
我完全同意。 - Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
天啊,整件事完全是他的错。
- ADV (尤用于表示批评时)不是特别,并非完全
People sometimes use the expression not entirely to reduce the force of a strong statement, especially a critical one.
- They are not entirely happy with his criticism of the president...
他对总统的批评并没有让他们特别高兴。 - We shall see that this is not entirely true...
我们会明白这并非全是真的。 - She claimed the unemployment figures were not entirely unexpected...
她声称失业率并非完全出乎意料。 - This government is not entirely free of suspicion.
这个政府并非完全不受置疑。
双语例句
- The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
家父的猝然离世留下了尚未完全安排妥当的身后事。
- Although not ideal, this attitude is not entirely destructive.
这种态度虽然不够理想,但还不至于消极透顶。
- In a brief statement, he concentrated entirely on international affairs
他作了一个简短的声明,集中阐述了在国际事务方面的立场。
- He is not entirely clear on how he will go about it
他还没完全搞清楚该如何处理这件事。
- This isn't an entirely new car, but a new derivative of the Citroen XM.
这不是一款全新的车,而是雪铁龙XM系列的派生车型。
- Any mistakes are entirely down to us
任何过错全是我们造成的。
- Fraud is an entirely different matter
欺诈完全是另外一回事。
- Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity
它们的价格几乎完全取决于它们的稀有程度。
- I failed in my career as a writer of fiction entirely because of deficiencies in the education system.
我的小说作家生涯失败了,原因完全是因为教育体制的缺陷。
- I agree entirely
我完全同意。
- Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
天啊,整件事完全是他的错。
- They are not entirely happy with his criticism of the president
他对总统的批评并没有让他们特别高兴。
- We shall see that this is not entirely true
我们会明白这并非全是真的。
- She claimed the unemployment figures were not entirely unexpected
她声称失业率并非完全出乎意料。
- This government is not entirely free of suspicion.
这个政府并非完全不受置疑。
- I cannot entirely exclude the possibility that some form of pressure was applied to the neck.
我不能完全排除颈部受到某种压迫的可能性。
- The face is entirely devoid of expression.
脸上完全没有表情。
- He hacked away at the story, eliminating one character entirely.
他大幅缩短了这篇故事,将其中一个人物彻底砍掉了。
- Some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own.
他关于民主的一些观点完全是他自己的创见。
- We are all entirely responsible for our actions, and for our reactions.
我们都对自己的行为和反应负全责。
- The result was entirely predictable.
这个结果完全在预料之中。
- She was a wonderful companion and her generosity to me was entirely selfless
她是一个极好的伴侣,她对我慷慨大方,一心只为我着想。
- This, I am sorry to say, is almost entirely wishful thinking.
我很遗憾,这几乎完全是一厢情愿的想法。
- She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.
她追求精神上的满足,完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。
- My line of work is entirely unrelated to politics
我的职业与政治完全无关。
- Mother was entirely unused to such hard work.
妈妈对这么艰苦的工作完全不习惯。
- The doctor's verdict was that he was entirely healthy
医生的结论是他完全健康。
- It's entirely my fault.
全怪我。
- These meetings are carried on entirely in Esperanto.
这些会议全用世界语进行。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work.
他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
英英释义
adv
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
- he was wholly convinced
- entirely satisfied with the meal
- it was completely different from what we expected
- was completely at fault
- a totally new situation
- the directions were all wrong
- it was not altogether her fault
- an altogether new approach
- a whole new idea
Synonym: whollycompletelytotallyallaltogetherwhole
- without any others being included or involved
- was entirely to blame
- a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children
- he works for Mr. Smith exclusively
- did it solely for money
- the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone
- a privilege granted only to him
Synonym: exclusivelysolelyaloneonly