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

• Now things are wholly changed.
  现在，情形完全改变了。
• I have never agreed with my other self wholly.
  我和另外一个我，从来没有完全一致过。
• It set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Australia last year.
  去年虎航在澳大利亚创办了一家全资子公司。
• The widow was moved wholly.
  寡妇完全被感动了。
• You are not wholly to blame.
  不应该完全怪你。
• My heart is and has been wholly yours.
  我的心是你的，而且已经完全是你的了。
• Her advice has frequently been less than wholly helpful.
  她的建议往往毫无帮助。
• It is as near to you as your life, but you can never wholly know it.
  它和你亲近得像你的生命一样，但是你永远不能完全了解它。
• I wholly accept, thank you!
  我全收下了，谢谢！
• Unhappily the facts do not wholly bear out the theory
  令人遗憾的是，这些事实并不能完全证明该理论。