【entire音标】 英[ɪnˈtaɪə(r)] 美[ɪnˈtaɪər]
【单词释义】 entire是什么意思：
adj.全部的；整个的；全体的；囫囵
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
【关联词/派生词】
entirety n.整体；全部；全体
entirely adv. 全部地；完全地；完整地
【entire形近词/近似词】
attire n.服装，衣服 vt.使穿上衣服，使穿上盛装
retire v.（使）退休；退职；退役；撤退 n.[U]退休
satire n.讽刺；讥讽；讽刺文学；讽刺作品
【近义词解析】
◇ 全部的
all (adj. 全部的，整个的)：普通用词，通常用于修饰单数或复数可数名词、不可数名词、物质名词、表示地点的专有名词，应置于冠词、指示代词、物主代词等之前，而 whole 应置于这些词之后。
entire (adj. 整体的，全部的)：较正式用词，只作定语，一般只用于修饰单数名词（包括集合名词），强调团体、时间段、数量等的整体，含不能有所削减或增添之意，用于修饰某一具体事物时常可与 whole 换用。
total (adj. 全部的，总计的)：只作定语，指所有的数目或东西都计算在内的，强调总的数字、数额、数量等。
whole (adj. 全部的，整体的)：只作定语，一般只用于修饰单数名词（含集合名词），但前面须有冠词或其他限定词；侧重指某事物的整体，如全部数量、体积、时间等，强调毫无增删、遗漏等。
【单词例句】
◇ The mother sat and mourned the entire day, until the youngest son —— who was always with her, and who was named Benjamin after the Bible —— said to her, "Dear mother, why are you so sad?"
做母亲的现在整天坐在那里伤心，终於有一天，一直和她呆在一起的最小的儿子——她给他起了个《圣经》上的名字便雅明——问她：“亲爱的妈妈，你为甚么这样忧伤？”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The king, wanting to rescue his dear child, issued an order that all spindles in the entire kingdom should be burned.
国王为了不使他的女儿遭到那种不幸，命令将王国里的所有纺锤都收上来，又把它们全部销毁。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ And then she confessed her entire sin, and the executioner struck off her feet with the red shoes, but the shoes danced away with the little feet across the field into the deep wood.
于是她就说出了她的罪过。刽子手把她那双穿着红鞋的脚砍掉。不过这双鞋带着她的小脚跳到田野上，一直跳到黑森林里去了。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ The name Holland only refers to two of the country's 12 provinces, North-Holland, where Amsterdam is located, and South-Holland, the home of Rotterdam and The Hague. However, the nickname is often used to describe the entire country, officially called the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
“荷兰”这个名字仅指该国12个省中的两个省，即阿姆斯特丹所在的“北荷兰省”，以及鹿特丹和海牙所在的“南荷兰省”。 然而，这一名称却经常被用来代指整个国家。荷兰的官方全称为尼德兰王国。
---- Netherlands doesn't want you to call it Holland anymore
◇ Through dynamic patterns of movement, a good core workout helps strengthen the entire set of core muscles you use every day.
通过有活力的运动模式，一组高质量的核心肌肉锻炼有助于增强你日常会用到的整个核心区的肌肉。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ She told Business Insider that sleeping on your stomach puts pressure on your entire body.
她告诉商业内幕网说，俯卧会给整个身体增加压力。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ Holding an ice pack or even a cold washcloth against the skin on these regions will make your entire body feel cooler.
用一个冷敷袋或是一块凉毛巾放在这些地方的皮肤上会让你整个人都感觉凉快一些。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ He neither ate nor drank during the entire time, but God kept him alive.
寻找过程中，他不吃也不喝，但是上帝在暗中帮助他支撑着。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ Then she had her mutilated arms tied to her back, and at sunrise she set forth, walking the entire day until it was night.
她请人将她残废的手绑到身后，等太阳升起来的时候，便出发了，走了一整天，直到深夜。