entire

英[?n'ta??;en-] 美[?n'ta??]

反義詞partial

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生涯中曾經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被炸為了平地。