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单词 entirely
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entirely
(ɪntaɪəʳli )
1. adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] B2
Entirely means completely and not just partly.
...an entirely new approach.
Fraud is an entirely different matter.
Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity.
The cost of living rose entirely because of rises in food and energy prices.
2. adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2
Entirely is also used to emphasize what you are saying. [emphasis]
I agree entirely.
Oh, the whole episode was entirely his fault.
Synonyms: only, exclusively, solely  
3. adverb [not ADV, ADVERB group]
People sometimes use the expression not entirely to reduce the force of a strong statement, especially a critical one. [vagueness]
They are not entirely happy with his criticism of the president.
We shall see that this is not entirely true.
She claimed the unemployment figures were not entirely unexpected.
This government is not entirely free of suspicion.
Collocations:
dressed entirely in
Charmingly, he seemed to be dressed entirely in the free handouts of his clothing sponsors and wearing another sponsor's watch.
Times, Sunday Times
Health officials and security officers dressed entirely in plastic overalls and masks emptied rubbish from the hotel and brought in supplies to the guests.
Times, Sunday Times
She was dressed entirely in black, her face framed in black, accentuating its thin pallor.
Times, Sunday Times
She was dressed entirely in gold satin.
Times, Sunday Times
On the final day of her legal battle, she appeared dressed entirely in red while her lawyer dressed to match, sporting a deep red tie with tiny blue dots.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely false
You would think there wasn't a person left standing who knew the story was entirely false.
Times, Sunday Times
This has been shown recently to be entirely false.
Times, Sunday Times
It's light and lavender, luxury and licentiousness - and, glory be, this isn't entirely false.
Times, Sunday Times
The conversation then turned to potentially lucrative, but entirely false, personal injury claims.
Times, Sunday Times
That was based on an entirely false reading of history.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely fictional
I've always assumed this to be entirely fictional.
Times, Sunday Times
These entirely fictional trends formed the backbone of the magazine.
Times, Sunday Times
Happily, all subsequent criminal activity in the house has been entirely fictional.
Times, Sunday Times
Shepherd denied that he was merely remembering his childhood, and repeatedly asserted in interviews that his stories were entirely fictional.
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These media often portray tropical cyclones that are either entirely fictional or based on real events.
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entirely immune to
I was also in my mid-twenties, so not entirely immune to their lavatorial humour.
Times,Sunday Times
Not even sober-minded scientists are entirely immune to apocalyptic musings.
Times, Sunday Times
Entirely immune to excitement going forward, that statue.
Times, Sunday Times
It's clear that he himself wasn't entirely immune to the material cynicism that he savaged on screen.
Times, Sunday Times
No publication's business pages can claim to have been entirely immune to the group-think that prevailed in financial markets as optimism and recklessness drove asset prices ever higher until 2007.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely inappropriate
It was entirely inappropriate because it had been written for goods and services, not markets.
Times, Sunday Times
A city council spokesman said it took an extremely dim view of entirely inappropriate behaviour.
The Sun
It followed that it would ordinarily be entirely inappropriate for the court to interfere with the exercise of that statutory and contractual right.
Times,Sunday Times
But it's not entirely inappropriate to say that the crash could have been worse for wildlife.
Times, Sunday Times
Victims point out that the products were often poorly explained, devilishly complex and frequently entirely inappropriate for small companies.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely innocent
Is it simply an entirely innocent yellow custard that has been carefully dyed to resemble something more toxic?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We hope Britain remembers that he has emerged from his two-year trauma an entirely innocent man.
The Sun (2016)
The scene seems entirely innocent, and a holy picture hangs on the wall at the back.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
entirely irrelevant
He complained that the matter had been resolved for a number of years, and so the reference was now 'entirely irrelevant'.
Times, Sunday Times
Even the worthier questions are entirely irrelevant to good citizenship.
Times, Sunday Times
The result has been engines that could run at an ear-splitting 20,000rpm - technical masterpieces but almost entirely irrelevant in the real world.
Times, Sunday Times
Only the enclosed, fetid, smug, self-congratulating and entirely irrelevant little world of contemporary political theatre.
Times, Sunday Times
One can think of a few words to describe it, though - and 'entirely irrelevant' and 'fundamentally ridiculous in the context' are seven of them.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely legitimate
The question was entirely legitimate given some of the data currently emerging from the eurozone.
Times, Sunday Times
Both have entirely legitimate objectives which must be reconciled.
Times, Sunday Times
In itself, that was an entirely legitimate objective of a legislative provision of that kind.
Times, Sunday Times
This was an entirely legitimate party policy, but it could lead to the eventual break-up of the coalition.
Times, Sunday Times
Those who operate grouse moors are keen to be seen by the world as decent people who conduct an entirely legitimate business.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely logical
And, on the face of it, it seems entirely logical.
Times, Sunday Times
Eventually, she took the plunge in her late twenties and, 20 years on, it all seems to have been entirely logical.
Times, Sunday Times
The committee nodded as if this were entirely logical.
Times, Sunday Times
That response struck me as an entirely logical consequence of his identification of conduct he was bound to regard, in football terms, as exceptionally reprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times
Few owners of any type of property respond in an entirely logical way, based on an assessment of the direction of the market and interest rates.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely new
Not an entirely new idea, perhaps, but what made this project so interesting was that both poets and prose writers were invited to contribute.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Elections were held yesterday for twenty-seven county councils and seven unitary authorities, five of which are entirely new because of boundary changes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is not just a virtue of online booksellers; it is an example of an entirely new economic model that is just beginning to show its power.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The facilities could be linked to an existing university or further education college or be entirely new.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But it also brought an entirely new set of problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
entirely peaceful
It should have been an entirely peaceful night but there were noises.
Times, Sunday Times
Their campaign was entirely peaceful.
Outlook India
In the event, the funeral procession, attended by tens of thousands, was entirely peaceful.
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entirely plausible
Home advantage and better preparation make that outcome entirely plausible, as long as England seize the initiative early.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's entirely plausible the forecast could be for inflation above 2.5%.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The idea is both worrying and entirely plausible.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In the light of that, the ending now seems entirely plausible.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
entirely possible
After all, it's entirely possible that it might have been my worst sermon ever!
Christianity Today
It's entirely possible the city will not get that back.
Globe and Mail
It's early days, but it's entirely possible that there may be new entry requirements for a career in pop.
Times, Sunday Times
With next week's eclipse changing everything, what seems unlikely now could soon be entirely possible.
Times, Sunday Times
It's entirely possible — 24,000 people have signed up to know more about the collection.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely predictable
Given that her exuberance for life and gymnastics cannot be contained, it was entirely predictable that when told she had made history she simply giggled.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Hugh on the other hand entirely predictable insofar as you can absolutely count on him to do the daft thing.
Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2005)
Seasonal variations in reliability because of entirely predictable weather changes are not acceptable.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
One said that the feuding was entirely predictable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was entirely predictable that it would do so.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
entirely random
But the real genius comes from stacking two or more together - yes, the name wasn't entirely random.
The Sun
Others claim that encouraging people to vote for money, when they do not necessarily feel engaged with the issues, can lead to entirely random results.
Times, Sunday Times
Parking seems to be entirely random and curiously cowinfested.
Times, Sunday Times
But if you've had the jabs and you're not bothered that this new eight-part series follows an entirely random itinerary, there are plenty of wonders to behold.
Times, Sunday Times
But, on the video evidence, this act looked entirely random, and in no way the product of the carefully-applied judgment that you would hope for at this level.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely rational
The impact was heightened by the entirely rational euphoria that preceded it.
Times, Sunday Times
What could a being entirely rational speak of with another entirely rational being?
The Times Literary Supplement
Soaring house prices, the result of decades of building far too few homes, have also made it entirely rational to invest in property.
Times, Sunday Times
Owning the boxset also shows that you are not too serious and that you do not need things to be entirely rational.
The Sun
Introducing video technology in this context, while entirely rational, would undermine a crucial strand of the operatic intrigue.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely reasonable
So one more entirely reasonable obstacle along the sham-marriage route into this country has been removed.
Times, Sunday Times
Furthermore, it's entirely reasonable for claimants' solicitors to charge more than their opponents do.
Times, Sunday Times
It's entirely reasonable that book should be opened again now, and we and our advisory group are already looking at the evidence around this.
Times, Sunday Times
And several of its terms were entirely reasonable: he has been banned from using threatening behaviour, for a start.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet people bought their homes in the entirely reasonable expectation that defences would be maintained and houses kept safe.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely satisfactory
But, given the scale of the crimes, even successful convictions can never be entirely satisfactory.
Times, Sunday Times
Leaving aside whatever peculiarities may be involved in the 'design' process of a celebrity brand, this explanation isn't entirely satisfactory.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not entirely satisfactory and, besides, if you haven't been part of the arc of the story, a one-off match doesn't mean all that much.
Times, Sunday Times
The result was not entirely satisfactory, but it was not supposed to be the finished work.
Times, Sunday Times
But the result isn't entirely satisfactory.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely separate
Far more exciting, and important, would be if it was entirely separate - like nothing we had seen before.
Times,Sunday Times
Yet he did not entirely separate the two.
The Times Literary Supplement
Once believed to be related, they’re now recognized as entirely separate evolutionary lineages.
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Influenzas are particularly tricky customers, largely because of how two entirely separate strains can swap genetic material if they cross paths in a single host.
Times,Sunday Times
Oh, and, of course, being, in their own entirely separate ways, fun to drive.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely subjective
What if, like the book, the experience was entirely subjective?
Times, Sunday Times
A number of experts quickly jumped in and said she had exhibited a naive misunderstanding of the law and had delivered an entirely subjective judgment.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet very many red-card and penalty decisions remain entirely subjective after countless replays.
The Sun
This judgment was also entirely subjective.
Times, Sunday Times
Still, takes one to know one, and for what it's worth, here's an entirely subjective list of the top five most idiotic moments of the year.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely true
Yet it is a generalisation that is not entirely true.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The students, sneaking covert glances at us, could see that this was indeed entirely true.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
`Then we don't know him anymore," said Terry unkindly, stung by the entirely true assertion that he was afraid to touch the man.
Bringle, Mary DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN (2001)
I used to think that being solicitous, or grateful, or saying something not entirely true in order to smooth away an awkwardness were all reprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
entirely truthful
I've no doubt he's being entirely truthful and sincere whenever he talks about his past battles.
The Sun
I could go on in a similar vein, and each sentence would be entirely truthful.
Times, Sunday Times
But it emerges that she hasn't been entirely truthful.
The Sun
Instead, an entirely truthful, eloquent analysis of where we are and how we might proceed.
Times, Sunday Times
Is there such a thing as an entirely truthful book?
Times, Sunday Times
entirely unaware of
She seems entirely unaware of time or space.
Times, Sunday Times
The world was still entirely unaware of what she actually did for a job.
The Sun
The political reluctance to talk about social care has left many entirely unaware of the huge costs that may face them in old age.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet you're rather taken aback by what you learn now, both because of the power of the ideas or concepts involved and because you'd been entirely unaware of them.
Times, Sunday Times
Firstly, he had been entirely unaware of it.
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entirely understandable
While this stance is entirely understandable, fees will become unavoidable if the Church cannot put its money where its soul is.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This shared antipathy towards gambling was entirely understandable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There were errors but under the circumstances they were entirely understandable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The feelings expressed were both familiar and entirely understandable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Her surprise and delight were entirely understandable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
entirely unfamiliar
You turn up, pay your 25 and watch players who are often entirely unfamiliar to you and who will not be there, perhaps, the following week.
Times, Sunday Times
If they end up in a remote region of the country with no public transport, they are effectively trapped inside an entirely unfamiliar culture.
Times, Sunday Times
Fast-moving action, and a clever political background, some of it not entirely unfamiliar these days.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely unknown
Of course all-share deals are not entirely unknown.
Times, Sunday Times
Such independence of spirit was not entirely unknown.
The Times Literary Supplement
This team of researchers have uncovered an entirely unknown mechanism of stings, as cassiosomes have since been found in other related jellyfish species and could be even more widespread.
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That said, protests based on political persuasion are not entirely unknown to golf.
Times, Sunday Times
Her home town was a place where luxury labels were entirely unknown.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely unnecessary
It's irresistible to watch artistes bring supreme talent to entirely unnecessary activity.
Times, Sunday Times
Plus, of course, an entirely unnecessary name tag.
Times, Sunday Times
He wouldn't even have given the interview, because it was entirely unnecessary to anybody or anything, except perhaps to his own amour propre.
Times, Sunday Times
The furore that erupted over this suggestion, and the college's subsequent decision to back down on the new rule, was entirely unnecessary.
Times, Sunday Times
Have you splashed out on anything fabulously luxurious and entirely unnecessary?
The Sun
entirely unrelated
I liked at least four of its six entirely unrelated parts.
Times, Sunday Times
These two events, of course, are entirely unrelated.
The Sun
The two events, one suspects, aren't entirely unrelated.
The Sun
In entirely unrelated news 56 per cent have also bought more loo roll.
Times, Sunday Times
This looks suspiciously non-diverse to me by creating barriers to entry and obstacles to career development that are entirely unrelated to competence in the work.
Times, Sunday Times
entirely voluntary
Three types of portable pension schemes are available and the association gives 6% while employee contributions are entirely voluntary.
Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps the biggest surprise behind the resignation yesterday was that it seems to have been entirely voluntary.
Times, Sunday Times
I was able to cope with the very weirdness of it all because it was entirely voluntary.
Times, Sunday Times
Boardroom sources said that his decision to go was not entirely voluntary.
Times, Sunday Times
The new powers are entirely voluntary.
Times, Sunday Times
focus entirely on
And, just as if you were actually surfing, focus entirely on the here and now, and save any analysis for later.
Times, Sunday Times
There's a mindfulness to it; you have to focus entirely on where you're going so as not to tread on a thorn or glass.
Times, Sunday Times
We can focus entirely on what we are doing, on the job at hand.
The Sun
Working without the funding of a record label, and without any outside influences, they were able to focus entirely on the music.
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To avoid the issue of over counting, one can also focus entirely on final sales.
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forget entirely
It's easy to mistake this intimate hair salon for a club or even a gallery and forget entirely that you entered its glamorous interior for a trim.
Times, Sunday Times
He and many others were disappointed to see, instead, a rebuilding on pre-war models in a cultural attempt to forget entirely the recent period of deadly hardship.
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There seemed to be a hum, as of innumerable insects, and for a time he forgot entirely where he was.
The Times Literary Supplement
Forgetting entirely about frostbite, they counted 291 of them.
Times, Sunday Times
Too many fine prospects have been lost in the system, their potential not just unfulfilled but forgotten entirely.
Times, Sunday Times
ignore entirely
The counterexamples are just too obvious even for the congenitally snobbish to ignore entirely.
Times, Sunday Times
It was an unusual speech and lots of topics were ignored entirely.
Times, Sunday Times
While these matters can't be ignored entirely, they needn't continue to devour your time, energy and feelings.
Times, Sunday Times
He also remarked that while the narrative tied the main plot lines together well, it was disappointing to see some of the smaller story points were ignored entirely.
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miss entirely
Distinctive features include a lateral line divided into two subsegments or missing entirely, and a sizeable pectoral fin with one spine.
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In this case, main machine heads at headstock may be missing entirely, as well as the headstock itself.
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The muscle may be double, or missing entirely.
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If so, it seems that the fundamental would be missing entirely, and would only be inferred from the overtones.
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As such, certain characters can be missed entirely.
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not entirely surprising
When you look at the machine, that's not entirely surprising.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not entirely surprising that some get the wrong idea.
Times, Sunday Times
The snub was not entirely surprising.
Times, Sunday Times
So perhaps it's not entirely surprising that she feels she might be through with novels.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not entirely surprising, though, given the abundance of fresh seafood; 100 tonnes are sold each week at the local fish auction.
Times, Sunday Times
not entirely unexpected
Field sizes are a particular theme for us and it's disappointing, though not entirely unexpected, that we made only one bonus payment out of a pot of 173,000.
Times, Sunday Times
She said it was 'not entirely unexpected' that changes were coming to the pensions in her profession.
Times, Sunday Times
That was not entirely unexpected.
Outlook India
not entirely unlike
Perhaps the dad looks not entirely unlike the chap writing this article.
Times, Sunday Times
The troubles of the trade union movement can be gauged by the fact that it gathers today for its annual conference in a state not entirely unlike that of 1909.
Times, Sunday Times
The vocation seems to come with inherent health risks that must be managed, not entirely unlike coal mining, commercial fishing, and other lines of work that come with unique dangers.
Christianity Today
My key accessory used to be a clutch bag, today it's a giant scarf, not entirely unlike a travel rug.
Times, Sunday Times
Other devices used spinning magnetic discs, not entirely unlike those used in modern hard disk drives.
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rely entirely on
Such policies relied entirely on cheap infrastructure and investment allowances and other financial incentives to encourage inward investment to depressed areas.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
They relied entirely on chemical fertilisers and pesticides to keep their crops growing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Sport should not be relying entirely on government and the taxpayer to sort this out.
The Sun (2016)
rest entirely on
The responsibility doesn't rest entirely on your shoulders.
Christianity Today
The consensus on his spell in charge will rest entirely on the outcome of next summer's tournament.
Times, Sunday Times
Anything to be published will rest entirely on the merit of the article and the available space.
The Scientist
His appeal rests entirely on the fact that he's uncontaminated by it.
Times, Sunday Times
Taming one rests entirely on positive reinforcement.
Times, Sunday Times
staffed entirely by
It's staffed entirely by students learning the craft of the multi-billiondollar global hotel industry.
Times, Sunday Times
The station continues to be staffed entirely by volunteers.
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Station was staffed entirely by dock employees, company issued its own tickets.
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This company was considered to the fastest growing social enterprise staffed entirely by sign language users.
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Staffed entirely by nuns, it was originally a boarding school as well as a day school.
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vanish entirely
If the term 'bourgeois revolution' did not henceforth vanish entirely from their vocabulary, it was certainly less visible.
The Times Literary Supplement
Those applications, however, don't vanish entirely.
Christianity Today
Time mutates, but memories do not vanish entirely, not here.
Times, Sunday Times
Eating issues never vanish entirely, as anyone who has had one will tell you.
Times, Sunday Times
For ten per cent of patients, tumours vanished entirely and were still gone three years later.
Times, Sunday Times
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