英语词汇“on the whole”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. on (also upon) the whole.

(a) Taking the whole of the facts or circumstances into account; all things considered. Formerly occasionally with †of.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail > as a whole

one or other?1544

upon the whole matter1612

on the whole1624

in the (whole) complex1661

in the large1943

1624 J. Reynolds Votivæ Angliæ sig. D^v The Cardes are soe cunninglie shuffled betweene them, that uppon the Whole, Bavaria is but Spaynes Depositor, and the King of Spayne, Bavaria's Patrone and protector.

1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 126 Upon the whole, Shakespear is by much the gentiler Enemy.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 392 Upon the whole of this treaty, it was considered as inglorious to the English.

1780 W. Cowper Rep. Adjudged Case 21 On the whole it appears..that the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lx. 578 Still, upon the whole, he is as well in his native mountains.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 179 [I] determined that the Alps were, on the whole, best seen from below.

1914 Rep. Royal Comm. Landing of Arms Howth 6 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 7631) XXIV. 805 Upon the whole our opinion was that the fracas was just of such a kind and dimensions as a small force of police would have quickly settled.

1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland Gloss. 221 The Silky of Black Heddon in Northumberland had one close resemblance to a brownie... But on the whole perhaps she belonged more to the class of ghosts than of brownies.

2011 D. Kahneman Thinking, Fast & Slow (2012) xxxv. 381 How was it, on the whole?

†(b) In short, to sum up; in conclusion; ultimately. Obsolete.

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1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Lett. written in Italy i. 3 in tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. v Upon the whole I have nothing more to do, than to take up the Bulls sub plumbo.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 18 We came up with them, and in a word, took them all in, being..sixty four Men, Women, and Children... Upon the whole, we found it was a French Merchant Ship.

1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 246 Upon the whole he was unanimously sentenced to die.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 599/2 On the whole, Olivarez seems to have been always averse to peace.

(c) For the most part; in general; by and large.

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1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. vi. 118 She liked him..upon the whole much better than she had expected.

1825 U.S. Lit. Gaz. 15 Nov. 152 This book belongs, on the whole, to the ancien régime of novel-writing and cannot expect to be received with much favour by the present generation.

1878 R. H. Hutton Scott iii. 34 She made on the whole a very good wife.

1884 W. Pye Surg. Handicraft 23 The patterns of a few of these forceps are given here. On the whole, the most satisfactory is the ‘fenestrated’.

1928 Observer 22 Jan. 14/6 The new Measure has not, upon the whole, such a ‘good Press’ as that which the House of Commons rejected in December.

1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex (Buildings of Eng.) 36 The houses are on the whole more modest too, chiefly cottages now resolutely prettified.

2000 Jazz Jrnl. Feb. 51/4 The second set is less successful on the whole, with some numbers going on too long.

单词	on the whole
释义	> as lemmas on (also upon) the whole c. on (also upon) the whole. (a) Taking the whole of the facts or circumstances into account; all things considered. Formerly occasionally with †of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail > as a whole one or other?1544 upon the whole matter1612 on the whole1624 in the (whole) complex1661 in the large1943 1624 J. Reynolds Votivæ Angliæ sig. D^v The Cardes are soe cunninglie shuffled betweene them, that uppon the Whole, Bavaria is but Spaynes Depositor, and the King of Spayne, Bavaria's Patrone and protector. 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 126 Upon the whole, Shakespear is by much the gentiler Enemy. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 392 Upon the whole of this treaty, it was considered as inglorious to the English. 1780 W. Cowper Rep. Adjudged Case 21 On the whole it appears..that the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lx. 578 Still, upon the whole, he is as well in his native mountains. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 179 [I] determined that the Alps were, on the whole, best seen from below. 1914 Rep. Royal Comm. Landing of Arms Howth 6 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 7631) XXIV. 805 Upon the whole our opinion was that the fracas was just of such a kind and dimensions as a small force of police would have quickly settled. 1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland Gloss. 221 The Silky of Black Heddon in Northumberland had one close resemblance to a brownie... But on the whole perhaps she belonged more to the class of ghosts than of brownies. 2011 D. Kahneman Thinking, Fast & Slow (2012) xxxv. 381 How was it, on the whole? †(b) In short, to sum up; in conclusion; ultimately. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Lett. written in Italy i. 3 in tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. v Upon the whole I have nothing more to do, than to take up the Bulls sub plumbo. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 18 We came up with them, and in a word, took them all in, being..sixty four Men, Women, and Children... Upon the whole, we found it was a French Merchant Ship. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 246 Upon the whole he was unanimously sentenced to die. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 599/2 On the whole, Olivarez seems to have been always averse to peace. (c) For the most part; in general; by and large. ΚΠ 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. vi. 118 She liked him..upon the whole much better than she had expected. View more context for this quotation 1825 U.S. Lit. Gaz. 15 Nov. 152 This book belongs, on the whole, to the ancien régime of novel-writing and cannot expect to be received with much favour by the present generation. 1878 R. H. Hutton Scott iii. 34 She made on the whole a very good wife. 1884 W. Pye Surg. Handicraft 23 The patterns of a few of these forceps are given here. On the whole, the most satisfactory is the ‘fenestrated’. 1928 Observer 22 Jan. 14/6 The new Measure has not, upon the whole, such a ‘good Press’ as that which the House of Commons rejected in December. 1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex (Buildings of Eng.) 36 The houses are on the whole more modest too, chiefly cottages now resolutely prettified. 2000 Jazz Jrnl. Feb. 51/4 The second set is less successful on the whole, with some numbers going on too long. extracted from wholeadj.int.n.adv. < as lemmas
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