单词 | completely |
释义 | completely (once / 101 pages) adv Use completely to describe something that is totally and utterly...something. A completely ridiculous idea is absolutely crazy and stupid. Completely is an adverb that comes from the Latin completus, "to fill up." We use it to mean "entirely" or "wholly." So if a building is completely destroyed, no part of it is left standing. Reading a newspaper story or watching a documentary film completely means you finished it from beginning to end. And doing so can completely change your view on an issue. WORD FAMILYcomplete: completed, completely, completeness, completes, completest, completing, completion, incomplete, uncomplete+/completed: uncompleted/completion: completions/incomplete: incompletely, incompleteness, incompleter, incompletest/incompleteness: incompletenesses USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s in a different area, completely the other side. Hurt a lot less when it happened, so I’m definitely encouraged.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) One visitor said: "It was like being in a completely different city, a foreign city. Everyone is in really great spirits." BBC(Jan 02, 2017) While there I completely lost track of my family. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1adv so as to be complete; with everything necessary he had filled out the form completely the apartment was completely furnished 2adv to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') it was completely different from what we expected was completely at fault Syn|Ant all, altogether, entirely, totally, whole, wholly part, partially, partly in part; in some degree; not wholly |
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