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单词 wholeness
释义
wholewhole1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwhole1
Origin:
Old English hal ‘healthy, unhurt, complete’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • "I want the whole area searched!" said the chief of police.
  • After spending years piecing together fragments, we now have the whole original manuscript.
  • I didn't see her again for a whole year.
  • I drank a whole bottle of wine by myself.
  • It took a whole day to get the computers running again.
  • Nora had spent her whole life trying to find happiness.
  • She drank a whole bottle of wine.
  • She spent the whole of the journey complaining about her boyfriend.
  • She was so frightened, her whole body was shaking.
  • The Romans conquered almost the whole of Western Europe.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And why, if they are so pious, are there speculators who buy up whole blocks of houses with inflated currency?
  • I have a whole magazine that exists for no other reason than to publicize me.
  • If the boy was actually here at the house he must have spent the whole time with Lois and her little tour.
  • In every community there are groups of people who help form your opinions about a whole range of things.
  • Indeed the whole question of when a product becomes too expensive to be offered as a sample is very difficult.
  • It seemed to be testing him the whole time.
  • The name of this caput is usually the same as the whole estate and it is often recorded very early on.
  • There must be a whole shelf of books claiming to tell you how to tap the right brain.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorall of something
all of something -- used especially with uncountable nouns: all the/this/that/my etc: · He spends all his money on beer and cigarettes.· I've seen all her movies.· Did you eat all that bread?all of the/this/that/my etc: · I enjoyed the book although I didn't understand all of it.it all: · Where's my change? You didn't spend it all, did you?all day/week/year etc (=the whole of a period of time): · I spent all day cleaning the house.
all of something that is large, long, or has a lot of parts, for example a large area of land, a long period of time, or a large group of people: · I didn't see her again for a whole year.· "I want the whole area searched!" said the chief of police.· She was so frightened, her whole body was shaking.· Nora had spent her whole life trying to find happiness.the whole of something (=all of a particular thing, time, or place): · She spent the whole of the journey complaining about her boyfriend.· The Romans conquered almost the whole of Western Europe.
all of something -- use this especially to show that you are annoyed or surprised by this: · I wasted an entire day waiting at the airport.· We realized that our entire conversation had been recorded.· This function of the word processor allows you to correct the entire document before printing.
the whole of something -- use this to emphasize that someone uses all of something, or that something covers all of an area: · Every inch of my niece's wall is covered with posters of pop groups.· We had to use every last bit of our savings.· I watched him drain every last drop out of the bottle.
including all of something such as an event, process, or piece of writing: · I've read the book three times from start to finish.· The whole case was badly handled from start to finish.
spoken including every part of something -- use this about someone moving, buying or selling all of something: · He moved the whole company, lock, stock, and barrel, to Mexico.· The Knolls have owned the town lock, stock, and barrel for 15 years.
happening all the time, without stopping or changing
all the time without changing: · The temperature of the lake is always below fifty-five degrees.· Ron is always in a bad mood in the morning.· Our upstairs neighbor always keeps to himself. We hardly know him at all.
· Gabrielle talks about her kids all the time.· The couple upstairs argue all the time.· I don't have to wear my glasses all the time - just for reading.
all the time while something is happening - use this about something annoying or surprising: · He talked about himself the whole time I was with him.· We realized that Duncan had been standing there the whole time.
all the time - used especially in official notices and rules: · Carry your passport with you at all times.· Keep your hotel door locked at all times.
all the time, continuously: · Shelly constantly tries to impress her boss.· She constantly criticizes my cooking.
all the time and never likely to change: · Hardy was permanently banned from professional figure skating.· It's such a dangerous neighborhood that the windows of some stores are permanently barricaded.
: perennial problem/concern/struggle etc one which people are concerned with all the time, and have been concerned with for a long time: · High unemployment rates are a perennial problem in several European countries.· Severe and unpredictable weather is a perennial danger for mountain climbers.
: unfailing support/loyalty/good humour etc support, loyalty etc that you can depend on because it never changes or grows weaker even when there is trouble or difficulty: · I'd like to thank you all for your unfailing love and support.· Peter's unfailing humour made him popular with his fellow workers.
happening or done all the time without stopping, in a way that is very annoying: · Julia became irritated by the child's incessant talking.· The incessant buzz of conversation filled the student cafeteria.
every day for a long time - use this especially to say that someone keeps doing something difficult, tiring, or boring for a long time, or that something keeps happening for a long time: · Henry did the same thing, day in and day out, for over thirty years.· Investigators are working day in, day out to determine the cause of the crash.
spoken said in order to emphasize that something happens all the time, especially something that is annoying: · It seems like we've been going to meetings morning, noon, and night lately.
informal all the time without stopping: · We're here to help you 24/7.· The deadline is next week, so everyone in the office is working 24/7.
with all its parts included and nothing missing
use this to say that something includes all the parts it should have, with nothing missing: · Scientists have unearthed a complete dinosaur skeleton in Montana.complete set: · When my grandmother died, I inherited a complete set of Dresden china.the complete works of somebody (=everything that an author has written): · We gave Vicki the complete works of Shakespeare.
complete: · Please write your full name and address at the top of the form.· Sidney got married in full army uniform.· Connors made a full confession to the police.the full story: · We're not being told the full story here.
complete, especially when this is very good, impressive, or unusual: · I drank a whole bottle of wine by myself.· After spending years piecing together fragments, we now have the whole original manuscript.
if something is written, described, explained etc in full , everything necessary is included and nothing is left out; if you pay an amount of money in full , you pay the full amount: · The text of the president's speech will be published in full in tomorrow's papers.· The bill had been stamped "Paid in Full'.· Taped testimony will be heard in full at the opening of the trial.
if something is read, performed, seen etc in its entirety , the whole of it is read etc, especially when it is something very big or complicated: · Bach's great masterpiece, the Mass in B minor, was never performed in its entirety during his lifetime.
to be complete with the parts that should be there: · It's an old set, but you'll find it's all there -- the dice, cards, everything.· You can count it if you want to, but it's all there.
all the people in a group
all the people in a group, or people in general. Everyone is slightly more formal than everybody: · I think everyone enjoyed the party.· Everybody knows that too much fatty food is bad for you.· Help yourselves, there's plenty of food for everyone.everyone/everybody else (=all the other people): · I take lots of photographs of everybody else, but I don't have many of me.everyone but Ann/Mark/me etc (=all the people except Ann, Mark etc): · He blames everyone but himself for his problems.
every person in a group: · There was no-one in the office - they were all having lunch.all the/these/their/my etc: · John spoke for all the workers.· All my friends like my boyfriend.we all/you all/them all/us all: · We all felt tired so we didn't go out.· I decided to give them all another chance.all of: · Come in, all of you.· All of our great leaders have had reputations for being difficult to work with.all children/teachers etc (=used for making a general statement about people of the same kind): · All children love candy.almost/nearly all: · Nowadays, almost all employers will expect to see your CV before they call you for an interview.
everyone in the world, town, office etc - use this to emphasize that everyone is included: · On 13th May, Churchill spoke from London and the whole world listened.· Keep your voice down, you don't have to tell the whole office.· The whole town has been affected by this disaster. Everyone knows someone who died.
British spoken all the people in a group - use this especially when you do not like those people: · I hate the lot of them.· "Outside, the lot of you!'' he shouted.· Those two have tricked the lot of us.
use this to mean everyone in a group of people when you want to show that none of the people are important in any way: · Her sister told her mother, who then told all and sundry.· After the book signing Clancy stood around talking to all and sundry.
British all around American if there are smiles, tears etc all round , everyone in the group smiles, cries etc: · There were smiles all round as he stood up to make his speech.· There were tears all round when the time came for him to leave.· It was compliments all around as security operators celebrated a virtually trouble-free day.
someone or something that you care a lot about
if something is important to you, you care a lot about it, and it has an important influence on the way you think and behave: · Which is more important to you - your family or your career?be important to somebody: · While I was a student, my parents' support and encouragement were very important to me.the important thing (=the only important thing): · At least the children are safe - that's the important thing.
if you care about something or someone, you think they are important and you pay attention to them, consider their feelings etc: · Thousands are dying from disease and starvation and yet no one seems to care.care about: · Of course I care about the homeless and the unemployed, but what can I do?care what/who etc: · We make a range of natural, additive-free foods for people who really care what they eat.
especially spoken if someone or something means a lot to you, you care about them or think about them a lot, and your happiness depends on them: · You mustn't discourage her - this job means a lot to her.mean everything to somebody (=to be more important than anything else): · Karen trained day and night - winning the gold medal meant everything to her.
if something or someone is your whole life , they are so important to you that life would seem to have no meaning without them and you would be very unhappy: · I could never consider another career -- making films is my whole life.· Paul loves you very much. You are his whole life.
if you live for something or someone, they are the most important or enjoyable thing in your life: · Margot lived for ballet and was completely dedicated.· Bob lives for just two things -- his daughters and his music.
especially British if someone is or means (all) the world to you, they are more important to you than anyone else because you love them so much: · My son means all the world to me. If anything happened to him I'd never forgive myself.
the thing that someone considers to be the most important thing in their life - use this when you think that they are wrong to think that it is the most important thing: · Going to university isn't the be all and end all, you know.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The whole thing (=everything about the situation) just makes me sick.
 We just sat around and watched TV the whole time (=the only thing we did was watch television).
 I don’t believe she’s telling us the whole story (=all the facts).
 It was months before the whole truth came out.
(=all the people in a school, country etc) The whole town came out for the parade.
 a snake swallowing a mouse whole (=swallowing it without chewing)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· You left the lights on all afternoon.
· His whole attitude seemed different.
 The whole of her being had been taken over by a desire to return to her homeland.
· Her whole body froze with fear.
· The committee meets to discuss issues that affect the whole community.
· Some people reject the whole concept of evolution.
· We invited the whole family round.
 If we can’t get any funding we might as well forget the whole thing.
 College life opened up a whole gamut of new experiences.
· The whole incident was caught on CCTV.
· The camera looks down the full length of the street.
 I can’t believe you ate the whole lot.
(also full-fat milk British English) (=milk that has not had any fat taken out)· The ice cream is made from whole milk.
 Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood!
(=used to emphasize that you are talking about a lot of related ideas, not just one specific idea)· The movie makes us question the whole notion of what makes a hero.
(=a number that is not a fraction)
(=the whole range of something)
· That’s the point. She didn’t tell us what was going on.
· The entire population will be celebrating.
(=used for emphasis)· The whole purpose of running a business is to make money.
(=a wide range)· He also supports a whole range of other charities.
 The whole room started singing ‘Happy Birthday’.
 There’s been a whole series of accidents on this road.
· I did not know the full story.
· I want you to know that you have my whole-hearted support.
 Most snakes swallow their prey whole.
· Investors should have been told the whole truth.
(=every day in a week)· I can’t believe we’ve been here a whole week already.
 Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.
· Today the whole world is threatened with pollution.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Just a few weeks ago he had been saying the whole affair would fizzle out and Banfield would sink back into anonymity once more.· Undoubtedly to the disappointment of the leakers, Inman came through the whole affair like a breath of fresh air.· Calls from every side for a full judicial inquiry into the whole affair grew louder.· Part of his strength was in never losing consciousness for the whole affair, his good eye seeming never to close.· Haden sounded just a little off-key about the whole affair.· The whole affair had nothing to do with us.· That was the most puzzling aspect of the whole affair, Alexei thought.· In fact, he was so delighted with the whole affair that he relented and let Barnabas into the study after dinner.
· The whole area was immediately placed under curfew and restrictions were not relaxed until Dec. 15.· In other words, at this point the whole area is nascent with tremendous potential.· The whole area was completely deserted.· That whole area there, we got it covered solid.· Its sluices could be used to flood the whole area if it became infested with invading forces.· It kept the whole area from becoming a lake when the tide came in.· The only traffic in the whole area consisted of chugging yellow Navy tugboats which emitted heavy black smoke from their tall stacks.
· Her whole body does have the capacity for arousal-but bringing it all to the boil relies on your skill level.· Our emotions swim in a soup of hormones and peptides that percolate through our whole body.· Rises in whole body turnover rates have also been seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.· You had to move to show your whole body.· Cleanse your whole body Advocates believe that crystals can even play a big part in your daily beauty routine.· His face, his whole body looks tight.· It is the heart and lungs that help to determine the fitness of the whole body.· Was this how women cried, their whole bodies trembling?
· Behind him on the wall there's this whole bunch of oils.· There was a whole bunch of yelling on the radios.· He gave me a whole bunch of flowers for nothing.· Hank Greenwald said farewell to the Giants Sunday, and a whole bunch of people had that look.· Since the word got out on Prehistoric I've seen a whole bunch of scripts.· But he was so strong he might have taken the whole bunch of us.· The whole bunch were looking more and more like liabilities.· They know that a whole bunch of famous models would rather go naked than wear fur.
· He sounded as if he was thoroughly disgusted by the whole business and she felt a pang of dismay.· I was completely new to the whole business.· The kitten lived to be nine, so came out of the whole business best, I suppose.· That would certainly turn the tables, Blue thinks, that would certainly stand the whole business on its head.· There are seven priests, with seven trumpets, and the whole business takes exactly seven days.· But by this time, with six months left on his contract, Taylor was soured on the whole business.· It's the end of the whole business.· I was so focused on setting the business up, I forgot I was a key to the whole business.
· Occasionally the whole class dissolves into hysterics for about five minutes and then refuses to tell me what I have said.· After the groups have had time to consider these questions, ask them to share their thoughts with the whole class.· This acting can range from pairs of students re-enacting a dialogue through to a simulation involving the whole class.· Then discuss them with the whole class.· A whole class of cars were created for this concept.· When they were rowdy and rude, I kept whole classes for detention.· Playback to the whole class may be unavoidable because of time and space restrictions.· After the students write their stories, they may want to share them in pairs or with the whole class.
· Special communes, whole community come together to press the grape and gather the precious juice.· But where the lava erupted, whole communities have been vaporized.· The whole community has been living in fear for far too long, menaced equally by both sets of paramilitaries.· The system of interest is usually a living system, say an organism, a population, or even a whole community.· Coun Jones said the team had done a good job for the whole community.· A missing species which once reintroduced, would reorder the whole community of ecology of plants.· This is a high enough level of protection to control the diseases and prevent epidemics devastating whole communities.· It may never harbor a lot of fish life, but it threads through and sustains a whole community.
· It was a programme the whole country could welcome.· Now the whole country is run by a myopic bourgeoisie with a mentality that does not care for the people.· In much of the world not just the poor but whole countries are getting poorer.· We need an event that will excite and shock the exile community, the whole country.· Half a century ago, the whole country was alive with rumours of invasion.· Highway One, the most important road in the whole country, did not even have its own bridges.· The whole country would like to know at what level of income they intend to increase the higher rate of tax.· Their story is how they are struggling to right themselves, to reconstruct a whole country from within.
· I was literally in shock for a whole day.· He had gone the whole day feeling first up and then down.· That whole day was just a wreck.· She remained a whole day and night in that stifling environment, yet remained unharmed.· Many guests spend the whole day here, relaxing by the pool or sitting in the shade.· It takes me a whole day to read it.· After a whole day there was just a thin layer of muddy slush.· Algae and man lasted a whole day.
· It has a special family unit where whole families can be admitted.· Now, the whole family has reached high levels of achievement in the Amway business.· Sunday roasts are her speciality, with the whole family sitting around an old pine table.· And as far as a forty-five-or fifty-minute session once or twice a week-the whole family is falling apart.· The price-conscious monarch could have bought presents for the whole family - and still had change from £50.· The Weaversso the whole family could sing together in the car.· Many providers supply five or more addresses-enough for the whole family.· The whole family came alive with the new arrangements.
· The whole group of ribs is made into an inverted concave cone.· This may lead to the whole group moving, tugged along by a complex web of bonds.· She had a picture of a Southern lynch mob, a whole group of white men and women.· A whole group of connotations, arising from our knowledge of the drug culture, then settles on the music.· So how, in whole group drama, do we build commitment to the work and engagement in the issues?· At the final session the whole group met together to pray and reflect on the week.· Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days.· Next morning after breakfast the whole group went out for the day.
· A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities.· They can manufacture a whole host of body parts, from neurons to muscles to blood cells.· Radio 3 has a whole host of problems, not the least being its actual survival.· Somehow the interplay of a whole host of factors can add up to push the stable crust out of balance.· Cortisone was hailed as a wonder drug for a whole host of skin problems and inflammatory disorders.· A whole host of activities are arranged by the Club 16 leader.· Without this the purchaser may be sidetracked into calculations on a whole host of other matters which are not strictly relevant.· A whole host of share questions can already be answered in your Guinness Share Opportunity folder and scheme documentation.
· Nowadays you can carpet your whole house and pay nothing for six months.· The whole house fell on top of her, and that was the end of sweet old Peg.· I am sure that the whole House deplores such incidents.· More competition will lead to better service, and the whole House knows it.· But some one has to do it, or the whole house would crumble around us.· Some will want to make available their whole houses and move into bed-and-breakfast themselves.· The whole house reeks of smoke and is covered in soot.
· But after a few months, I felt completely bored with the whole idea.· The attempt to make such distinctions clear was a strong motive behind the whole idea of formalism.· Slowly we began to take the whole idea of the band more seriously.· The whole idea is too perverse.· In Repertory Grid the notion of similarity and contrast, indeed the whole idea of making connections, is paramount.· The whole idea is that Morrissey never knows a thing.· And the whole idea of remarriage and disowning Nigel was the sort of novelette situation that would appeal to Jacqui.· The more grandiose their mad ark visions got, the more interested in the whole idea they all became.
· I felt then as if my whole life had collapsed.· I thought my career, my friendships and my whole life was ruined.· Prayer is therefore another dimension of our whole lives.· The first concrete experience of the church that many people have in their whole lives is at a funeral.· Her whole life had been locked to geometries.· Puritanism, the household, and property dominate the diary, as perhaps her whole life.
· Katie smeared a whole lot of make-up on too, but she just looked silly, like a little kid with face paints.· Virgil said for one thing he looked a whole lot older than he really was.· And lo, there was a whole lot of shaking going on. 11.· All parties suffered, yet it was difficult to generate a whole lot of pity for any of them.· Now, doesn't that sound a whole lot more exciting than the next Prodigy video?· It was a whole lot better than the old pineapple.· Do you read the whole lot, or read the first one and the last one and guess the rest?· Stessel, however, had been expecting a whole lot less.
· Although many range from shocking pink to cerise, the blue pulse gives the whole place a purple glow.· The whole place shrieked: Make Do.· It was as if the whole place were deserted and derelict.· In no time at all the whole place was dark except for the overhead light in the foyer.· Not only did we double-glaze and fitted-Tintawn the whole place from top to bottom but I got my Dream Kitchen!· A whole place of just Disney characters and rides!· The whole place reverberated with noise, feet pounding up and down stairs, children yelling, women shouting, doors banging.· Funny thing is the whole place seems to run better her way, so I let her get on with it.
· The whole point is adventure and calculated risk taking.· Well, that was the whole point.· The whole point of quantum mechanics is that it has a different view of reality.· His real name is Markham-or, as Blue sounds it out to himself, mark him-and that is the whole point.· The whole point of radio communications is the very versatility and freedom associated with its use.· That, remember, is the whole point of female choosiness at leks.· Since the whole point of belief is to be true, logical inconsistency in belief defeats the aim of belief.· I mean, that was, in a way, the whole point.
· And then the whole process had to begin again.· Writing things down also shows that you take the whole process seriously, which is an important part of breaking free.· This brings us back to the recovery phase and the whole process starts over again.· It is an essential feature of the whole process of inner development, as already intimated.· The whole process is called conveyancing.· The produce business is not like peanut butter where it takes time for the whole process to catch up with the product.· Most of the Lourdes visitors journey in faith and it is the whole process that becomes a blessing to them.· Some drives come with software that simplifies the whole process.
· So the simplest explanation is the one that can include the whole range of complex elements within one integral and harmonious scheme.· Bristol, too, took in a whole range of seaborne food supplies.· During the last 13 years we have cut, simplified or abolished a whole range of direct taxes.· Knitters can choose from a whole range of techniques and their selection will be put on to a video, exclusive to them.· A whole range of other reptiles were present in the Jurassic and Cretaceous; none of them are dinosaurs.· Schools have to attempt to satisfy the conflicting demands of a whole range of individuals and groups.· A whole range of intercessory objects was also outlawed, as were prayers to the saints, pilgrimages, and requiem masses.
· One 250-watt bulb is capable of giving enough background light for a whole room.· The whole room felt soggy by the time we left.· The quivering net of light from the river seemed now to have set the whole room trembling.· She stared at the package and then at him and the whole room grew quiet.· At one point it looked like we'd have to restore the whole room.· Then she torched the whole room, even though the captain was still half-alive.· That old villain Lord Elgin would have had it away on his toes with the whole room.· We felt the whole room sag and sway.
· Just as the teacher was getting into her stride, the whole school was plunged into darkness.· And if one thing happened, the whole school would be involved.· In addition, the clarification of such issues could well provide the initial stimulus for a whole school language policy.· In January 1981, the whole school embarked on work connected with a single language-based topic.· There is a rolling programme of whole school inspections and detailed subject department inspections.· His Technique became fundamental to the whole school curriculum.· The whole school seemed to have been designed with the sole purpose of freezing all the pupils to death.· The Act required the whole school to meet for the daily act of collective worship unless the school premises made this impracticable.
· These developments face the churches and theology with a whole series of difficult and delicate questions.· Coexisting with them was a whole series of private networks comprising computers hard-wired to one another, sometimes spanning the country.· A whole series of male clubs sprang up which emphasised the elements of male bonding.· By the end of his Government Baldwin was anxious to make a whole series of Cabinet changes.· A whole series of measures followed promoting the position of radicals - and the Communists - at the expense of the moderates.· A regular newsletter keeps people in touch and a whole series of social events are undertaken.· At the same time, the schools developed a whole series of vocational courses.· This morning l drew a whole series of quick sketches of bowls of fruit.
· But personal characteristics are certainly not the whole story.· I tell the whole story quickly.· Baptismal, confirmation, membership and communicant figures do not tell the whole story.· But numbers, especially in television, rarely tell the whole story.· But that is not the whole story.· Psychoanalysis does not, however, tell the whole story.· The whole story sounded very odd.· But as time goes on you begin to realise this is not the whole story.
· In fact, we probably take the whole system of communication by telephone very much for granted.· The atmosphere communicates the state of the whole system.· Emergence of difference is often experienced as a shock to the whole system, a sudden puncturing of the illusion of sameness.· And that reinforces the whole system.· Moreover, the leading multinationals have been able to gain critical efficiencies in financing the whole system.· What stands in our way is a whole system designed to serve the job.· Thus the teacher users will be teaching the whole system - program plus published documents.· The whole system requires enormous amounts of energy.
· That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult, not easier.· The whole thing could be played between June 15 and the end of August....· And at the same moment she had the shattering thought that perhaps she had imagined the whole thing.· But she was happy the whole thing was over.· Not only could be, but would be, and the whole thing would blow up in my face.· The whole thing has occurred without a sound....· The whole thing seethed, illusion and allusion swinging from branch to branch like gibbons in the treetops.· Horgan thinks he has the whole thing figured out.
· You get so you think like one the whole time.· I never thought about it the whole time.· She was berating me the whole time.· The bands can be as deep as you like and the whole time you are creating a unique structure.· I watched you on the bench, and you were pissed the whole time.· The whole time I was carrying it, I wasn't worried about the birth.· He said the trick was to close your eyes the whole time and just keep thinking it was Sandra Dee.
· I have to quiz him about everything and even then he won't tell the whole truth.· To connect behavior to performance, the leaders had to learn how to tell the whole truth.· Telling the whole truth about the Ayr salmon, rather than letting me off the hook, only improved the tale.· Other times, telling the whole truth required honesty about painful realities.· All true, but not the whole truth.· That happens to be the whole truth.· If you choose me then you have to tell me the whole truth - who your accomplice is.· In ethics cases, it means the truth is never the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
· Once they talked of it in the village shop, the whole village would know by nightfall.· This whole village has gone to pots.· Soon the whole village will know this.· You stank the whole village out.· The whole village was turned inward.· These two greenfield sites were each equal in size to the whole village of 1967.· By five the whole village was moving.
· Dressing hurriedly, he dashed outside to find that, in just a few hours, the whole world had been transformed.· Does a person who exhibits his display to the whole world display to another person?· We arrive at night in some places like Minnesota, wake up in morning and suddenly whole world is white.· In the 50s a tennis player lit up with warmth the whole world.· The whole world outside was shut out, and the invisible afternoon was going on without us.· It happens once every four years, features a marathon race and is watched by the whole world.· The whole world is yours, in a way that it can never belong to me.
· At one time in his life, he didn't sleep in a bed for four whole years.· That whole year, I never saw Mama drunk.· In 1981 it had a total income of 171 million pounds for the whole year.· He spent a whole year bumming from friends, crashing in strange places, selling weed with pals to make his bread.· This charge will be for the whole year and will be based on their term-time address.· So she had almost a whole year of the company of her peers and along with them learned to spell and count.· The Times and Sunday Times closed down in dispute, for what turned out to be a whole year.· You have more boxes this time than when you came for a whole year.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The whole point of coming here was to visit the cathedral.
  • As the sperm penetrates the egg it obviously adds more genetic material, which of course is the whole point.
  • His real name is Markham-or, as Blue sounds it out to himself, mark him-and that is the whole point.
  • I mean, that was, in a way, the whole point.
  • Not to know that is to be ignorant of the whole point of the affirmation.
  • Since the whole point of belief is to be true, logical inconsistency in belief defeats the aim of belief.
  • That, remember, is the whole point of female choosiness at leks.
  • Well, that was the whole point.
  • You're my best friend in the whole wide world!
  • A toast to Bernie-the worst stockbroker in the whole world!
  • All current affairs in the whole world of lamentable war and strife needed to be weighed in this balance.
  • And his very best friend in the whole wide world is a rabbit.
  • I am not responsible for all the smuggling in the whole world.
  • I thought it was the most beautiful spot in the whole world.
  • There may be more bacteria in and on you as you read this than there are human beings in the whole world.
  • There must be one woman in the whole world to whom he could tell the truth.
  • You are my favourite person in the whole world.
  • And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
  • Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog, as one might say?
  • Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this.
  • He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog.
  • Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.
  • Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.
  • The Siemens display goes the whole hog.
  • You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
  • We're going to hike there, sleep outside, cook our food on the campfire - the whole nine yards.
  • The white dresses, the long white gloves, the limos, the whole nine yards.
  • A whole lot of meat went down those hungry throats.
  • All parties suffered, yet it was difficult to generate a whole lot of pity for any of them.
  • However, it did not take a whole lot of time to qualify my actions.
  • I done buried a whole lot of people, but she the first one I ever wondered about.
  • It was in weather like this that she had an urge to take the scissors and cut the whole lot off.
  • Me, I've got to wire the whole lot in.
  • Probably in the early afternoon, when visitors look a whole lot less suspicious.
  • The whole lot is then regurgitated and given to mugs to drink.
  • A.. There are some people whose physical and mental age is a whole lot younger than their nominal age.
  • For every winner, there's a loser - or a whole lot of them, more likely.
  • He wouldn't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like, because he didn't know himself.
  • However, it did not take a whole lot of time to qualify my actions.
  • Inwardly he is a whole lot more.
  • It was a whole lot better than the old pineapple.
  • Now, doesn't that sound a whole lot more exciting than the next Prodigy video?
  • Probably in the early afternoon, when visitors look a whole lot less suspicious.
  • A.. There are some people whose physical and mental age is a whole lot younger than their nominal age.
  • All parties suffered, yet it was difficult to generate a whole lot of pity for any of them.
  • Being a real ex-Commie used to be a badge of honor among a whole lot of righties.
  • He and the son have a whole lot sticking in their craw.
  • He wouldn't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like, because he didn't know himself.
  • I said a whole lot of other stuff and I ended up getting severely told off.
  • In reality, of course, it stands for something a whole lot less fierce-sounding - simply one's partner in life.
  • Slick graphics slides can cost a whole lot more.
  • And the whole lot smelt - a pervasive stench of damp and mildew.
  • Do you read the whole lot, or read the first one and the last one and guess the rest?
  • For a moment Clare felt like telling him not to bother, just chuck the whole lot away.
  • Haven't got two original ideas to rub together between the whole lot of them.
  • I was there to cover the whole lot, newly assigned as city reporter for the Nogales International.
  • It must be the whole lot of them, the whole flock and there were hundreds in the field.
  • Of course, we could sell the whole lot without the trouble of hanging them.
  • A regular newsletter keeps people in touch and a whole series of social events are undertaken.
  • Exercise, in addition to good nutrition, can guard against a whole range of serious ailments.
  • I think it is going into your subconscious and picking up a whole series of signals.
  • It is practical activity that is important; the handling of a whole range of materials.
  • Knitters can choose from a whole range of techniques and their selection will be put on to a video, exclusive to them.
  • Parks provide space for a whole range of events, from steam rallies to horse shows.
  • Since then he had survived a whole series of setbacks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Benton is in charge of marketing, personnel, sales - the whole ball of wax.
  • There are two games left for the whole ball of wax.
  • They are responsible for the whole ball of wax; every-thing.
  • I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game.
  • Although not my cup of tea, I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game.
  • Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game.
  • So obviously if he's hidden this one, he's playing a whole new ball game.
  • He bought the whole kit and caboodle: computer, printer, and modem.
  • By this meager, solo loop, the whole caboodle is regulated.
  • Of course it's Yours Truly that's got to dust the whole kit and caboodle!
  • Then sell the whole caboodle to the nationals-including, if you choose, a fake story of attack.
  • Wells should sell the whole enchilada to get the best price.
  • Benefits, retirement, the whole enchilada.
  • We decided to go whole hog and stay at the Hilton.
  • And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
  • Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog, as one might say?
  • Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this.
  • He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog.
  • Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.
  • Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.
  • The Siemens display goes the whole hog.
  • You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
  • I am extremely -; oh, a host of things, but not angry any more.
  • Of course it's Yours Truly that's got to dust the whole kit and caboodle!
  • Music is Laura's life.
  • A life that isn't exactly life.
  • His praying likewise was full of life and feeling.
  • That, she said later, was how life baited the trap.
  • The hard-edged Luce style was making Life a more serious product than its old-fashioned competitor.
  • When this relationship is extended, life on land becomes equated not only with non-questing but with spiritual non-being.
  • With the one the bird is risking its life, with the other only a meal.
► a whole nother ...
  • We'll have to take the table, chairs, dishes, silverware - the whole shebang.
  • Naturally Spiritualized crank the whole shebang into life without a word.
  • Why not rerun the whole shooting match in every state that was too close to call?
► that’s not the whole story
  • I'd like a hot dog with ketchup, onions...the works.
  • And that you learn to groom Goosedown, and feed her, and take care of her tack, the whole works.
  • Dozens of palm trees are being planted at key intersections, and plans are in the works to improve street lighting.
  • He was an anglophile and an enthusiast of the works of Jeremy Bentham.
  • I run into the bathroom and floss deodorize brush spray the works the usual.
  • Of these about 40 lived in hutted accommodation adjacent to the works, whilst the remainder lived in lodgings in the surrounding villages.
  • Since that time the shop at the works receiving another coat of paint and final decoration.
  • The plan to merge Hemlo and Battle Mountain Gold has been in the works for two years.
  • When we come to the works of man, cellulose is still in the leading place.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounwholewholesomenessadjectivewholewholesome ≠ unwholesomeadverbwholly
1[only before noun] all of something SYN  entire:  You have your whole life ahead of you! His whole attitude bugs me. We ate the whole cake in about ten minutes. The whole thing (=everything about the situation) just makes me sick. We just sat around and watched TV the whole time (=the only thing we did was watch television). I don’t believe she’s telling us the whole story (=all the facts). It was months before the whole truth came out.the whole school/country/village etc (=all the people in a school, country etc) The whole town came out for the parade.2whole lot informal a)a whole lot very much:  I’m feeling a whole lot better. I don’t cook a whole lot anymore. b)a whole lot (of something) a large quantity or number:  We’re going to have a whole lot of problems if we don’t finish this by tomorrow. You can find a nice house in this neighborhood, and you don’t have to spend a whole lot. c)the whole lot especially British English all of something:  She gave me the whole lot for 20 pounds.3a whole range/series/variety etc (of something) used to emphasize that there are a lot of things of a similar type:  There are a whole range of sizes to choose from.4complete and not divided or broken into parts:  Place a whole onion inside the chicken. a snake swallowing a mouse whole (=swallowing it without chewing)5the whole point (of something) used to emphasize the purpose for doing something, especially when you believe this is unclear or has been forgotten:  I thought the whole point of the meeting was to decide which offer to accept.6in the whole (wide) world informal an expression meaning ‘anywhere’ or ‘at all’ – used to emphasize a statement:  I have the best job in the whole wide world.7go the whole hog (also go whole hog American English) informal to do something as completely or as well as you can, without any limits:  I’m gonna go whole hog and have a live band at the barbecue.8the whole nine yards American English spoken including everything that is typical of or possible in an activity, situation, set of things etc:  Our new apartment complex has a tennis court, swimming pool, playground – the whole nine yards.—wholeness noun [uncountable] → a whole new ball game at ball game(3), → the whole shebang at shebang, → the whole shooting match at shooting match, → the whole enchilada at enchilada(3), → wholly
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