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
  1. I entirely agree with you.
     我完全同意你的看法。
  2. I'm not entirely happy about the proposal.
     我对这个建议并不十分满意。
  3. That's an entirely different matter.
     那完全是另一码事。
  4. 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
  Entirelymeans completely and not just partly.
  1. ...an entirely new approach...
     全新的方法
  2. Fraud is an entirely different matter...
     欺诈完全是另外一回事。
  3. 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。
  4. 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
  Entirelyis also used to emphasize what you are saying.
  1. I agree entirely...
     我完全同意。
  2. 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 expressionnot entirelyto reduce the force of a strong statement, especially a critical one.
  1. 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。
  2. We shall see that this is not entirely true...
     我们会明白这并非全是真的。
  3. She claimed the unemployment figures were not entirely unexpected...
     她声称失业率并非完全出乎意料。
  4. This government is not entirely free of suspicion.
     这个政府并非完全不受置疑。

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:whollycompletelytotallyallaltogetherwhole
• without any others being included or involved
  1. was entirely to blame
  2. a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children
  3. he works for Mr. Smith exclusively
  4. did it solely for money
  5. the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone
  6. a privilege granted only to him
  Synonym:exclusivelysolelyaloneonly

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She claimed the unemployment figures were not entirely unexpected
  她声称失业率并非完全出乎意料。
• The result was entirely predictable.
  这个结果完全在预料之中。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work.
  他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
• Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
  天啊，整件事完全是他的错。
• My line of work is entirely unrelated to politics
  我的职业与政治完全无关。
• 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。