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entire adj.全部的；完整的；全面的 (1) 我完全同意你。(2) 所有的居民都被可怕的疾病夺去了生命。(3) 整个剧本只花了他两个星期时间。(4) 难闻的臭气弥漫于整个房间。(5) 这个水库为全城供水。 Entire is based on the Latin integrum, which came from the prefix in-, "not," and tangere, "to touch," and thus means "untouched." From there it developed into the 14th-century Old French entier, meaning "unbroken or complete," and then, through Middle English, into our modern word entire. One use of the word you don't see every day is to describe an uncastrated horse — an "entire horse" is a stallion. Gives a pretty interesting picture of the word, doesn't it?

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英 [ɪn'taɪə(r)] 美 [ɪn'taɪər] (1) I am in entire agreement with you.(2) The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease.(3) He wrote the entire play in only two weeks.(4) The foul odor penetrated the entire house.(5) This reservoir supplies the entire city with water. Think of the word entire as referring to all of anything. Now think of that "all" as being whole — not broken or lacking in any way. Remember that, and you will have the entire meaning of the word. 1[ADJ 形容词]全部的；整个的 You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population.   [det ADJ]  [emphasis]He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor...他一生都在中国当医生。There are only 60 swimming pools in the entire country...全国总共只有60个游泳池。The entire family was staring at him, waiting for him to speak...全家人都盯着他，等着他说话。I cried the entire three weeks； I never stopped...我整整哭了3个星期，一刻都没停。The entire world must take notice of something like this.全世界一定要关注这样的事情。

英语单词	entire
英美音标	英 [ɪn'taɪə(r)] 美 [ɪn'taɪər]
中文释义	adj.全部的；完整的；全面的
英语例句	(1) I am in entire agreement with you. (2) The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease. (3) He wrote the entire play in only two weeks. (4) The foul odor penetrated the entire house. (5) This reservoir supplies the entire city with water.
中文例句	(1) 我完全同意你。 (2) 所有的居民都被可怕的疾病夺去了生命。 (3) 整个剧本只花了他两个星期时间。 (4) 难闻的臭气弥漫于整个房间。 (5) 这个水库为全城供水。
vocabulary简明	Think of the word entire as referring to all of anything. Now think of that "all" as being whole — not broken or lacking in any way. Remember that, and you will have the entire meaning of the word.
vocabulary扩展	Entire is based on the Latin integrum, which came from the prefix in-, "not," and tangere, "to touch," and thus means "untouched." From there it developed into the 14th-century Old French entier, meaning "unbroken or complete," and then, through Middle English, into our modern word entire. One use of the word you don't see every day is to describe an uncastrated horse — an "entire horse" is a stallion. Gives a pretty interesting picture of the word, doesn't it?
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]全部的；整个的 You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population. [det ADJ] [emphasis] He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor... 他一生都在中国当医生。 There are only 60 swimming pools in the entire country... 全国总共只有60个游泳池。 The entire family was staring at him, waiting for him to speak... 全家人都盯着他，等着他说话。 I cried the entire three weeks； I never stopped... 我整整哭了3个星期，一刻都没停。 The entire world must take notice of something like this. 全世界一定要关注这样的事情。

Entire I Word Referring Meaning 英 ɪn'taɪə(R)] 美 ɪn'taɪər