单词 | comprehensive |
释义 | comprehensive (once / 568 pages) adjn When you want to describe something that includes all or most details, you can use the adjective comprehensive. If you get the comprehensive treatment at a spa, it might include massage, manicure and a facial. Comprehensive is from Latin comprehensivus, from comprehensus, the source of English comprehend. In business, comprehensive insurance is insurance that covers a broad range, offering protection against most risks of a certain type. It applies mainly to car insurance. WORD FAMILYcomprehensive: comprehensively, comprehensiveness, comprehensives, incomprehensive, noncomprehensive+/comprehend: comprehended, comprehendible, comprehending, comprehends, comprehensible, comprehension, comprehensive/comprehended: uncomprehended/comprehending: uncomprehending/comprehensible: comprehensibility, comprehensibly, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible, understandably/comprehension: comprehensions, incomprehension/comprehensively: noncomprehensively/incomprehensibility: incomprehensibilities/incomprehensible: incomprehensibility, incomprehensibly/incomprehension: incomprehensions/incomprehensive: incomprehensively/uncomprehending: uncomprehendingly/understandably: ununderstandably USAGE EXAMPLESThe comments, included in a letter about the plight of vulnerable children in general, were some of his most comprehensive on abuse. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) One of the most comprehensive studies on the topic examined the performance ratings of 4,492 employees. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) The list below is not meant to be comprehensive, but I picked policy proposals with several goals in mind. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj including all or everything comprehensive coverage a comprehensive history of the revolution a comprehensive survey a comprehensive education Syn|Ant complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, widebroad in scope or content all-around, all-round, well-roundedmany-sided citywideoccurring or extending throughout a city countywideoccurring or extending throughout a county countrywide, nationwideoccurring or extending throughout a country or nation cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwideof worldwide scope or applicability door-to-door, house-to-houseomitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next encyclopaedic, encyclopedicbroad in scope or content largehaving broad power and range and scope omnibusproviding for many things at once plenaryfull in all respects spaciotemporal, spatiotemporalexisting in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration schoolwideoccurring or extending throughout a school statewideoccurring or extending throughout a state superincluding more than a specified category umbrellacovering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups generalapplying to all or most members of a category or group broad, widehaving great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other incomprehensive, noncomprehensive not comprehensive limitedincluding only a part 2adj broad in scope a comprehensive survey of world affairs Syn inclusive including much or everything; and especially including stated limits 3n an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge Syn|Hyper comp, comprehensive examination exam, examination, test a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge |
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