entire

英 [?n'ta??; en-] 美[?n'ta??]

反義詞

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entire 整個的

來自拉丁文integrum, 整體。來自in-, 不，非，-teg, 接觸，詞源同contagious, integrate. 即沒有接觸過的，完整的。

entire: entire: [14] Entire and integrity [15] have the same source – Latin integer. This meant ‘whole, complete’, and was formed from the prefix in- ‘in’ and *tag-, the base which produced Latin tangere ‘touch’, source of English tactile and tangible (and indeed of intact [15], a parallel formation to entire and integrity).

English borrowed integer [16] itself as a mathematical term denoting a ‘whole’ number, and several of its Latin derivatives – not just integrity but also integral [16], from late Latin integrālis, and integrate [17], from Latin integrāre ‘make whole’. As its difference in form suggests, however, entire came via a different route.

The Latin accusative form integrum produced Vulgar Latin *integro, which passed into Old French as entier – hence English entire.
=> intact, integrity, tactile, tangible
entire (adj.): late 14c., from Old French entier "whole, unbroken, intact, complete," from Latin integrum "completeness" (nominative integer; see integer). Related: Entireness.

1. If the Commission has its way, the entire deal will be scuppered.: 如果委員會我行我素的話，整個交易將化為泡影。

2. In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions.: 霍頓在英國石油公司漫長的職業(yè)生涯中曾經(jīng)讓兩個部門整體上起死回生。

3. They feared that totalitarians might yet conquer the entire world.: 他們擔心極權(quán)主義者會征服整個世界。

5. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.: 城市的一整片貧民區(qū)被炸為了平地。