| 单词 | entirety |
| 释义 | entirety (once / 3775 pages) n The noun entirety describes something that is total or complete, like when you eat a pizza in its entirety, leaving not even one slice for other people. The noun entirety comes from the Latin word integritas, meaning “untouched” or “whole.” If a televised football game goes long, the announcers might say, "Your local news will air in its entirely after the game." That means the news will be its normal length, not shortened. If you did your assigned reading in its entirety, it means you completed it, reading every page, not just skipping around. WORD FAMILYentirety: entireties+/entire: entirely, entireness, entirer, entires, entirest, entirety USAGE EXAMPLESThe story, first read in its entirety by Sherlock, is based on an ancient Mesopotamian fable that appears in the Babylonian Talmud. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) His interest is in people and their trajectories; a maximalist, he wants to reveal the entirety of his characters’ lives and minds. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The entirety of Putin’s approach to these matters was foretold in his handling of the American threat to militarily intervene in Syria in 2013. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) n the state of being total and complete he read the article in its entirety Syn|Hypo|Hyper entireness, integrality, totality full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works, works everything available; usually preceded by `the' completeness the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed |
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