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单词 totality
释义 to·tal·i·ty
\tōˈtaləd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Medieval Latin totalitat-, totalitas, from totalis total + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : an aggregate number or amount : sum, whole
 < the totality of universes — J.F.McComas >
 < a partial glimpse of the … totality of truth — C.I.Glicksberg >
2.
 a. : the quality or state of being complete or comprehensive : entirety, unity
  < the port of New York, in its totality, includes all the navigable waterways within … twenty-five miles from the Statue of Liberty — American Guide Series: New York City >
  < your whole nature, in its physical and psychical totality — J.C.Powys >
 b.
  (1) : the phase of an eclipse during which it is total : state of total eclipse
  (2) : the region from which the total phase of an eclipse may be observed
3. : overall form or content : configuration, entity
 < formal analysis … having to do with the totality of a poem or a novel — C.W.Shumaker >
 < insists that the undivided totality of the person must be the point of departure — Ruth Benedict >
4. : absolute or indiscriminate oppression
 < weapons of totality and terror — J.R.Oppenheimer >
 < the all-embracing totality of the state — G.L.Dickinson >
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