| 单词 | partially |
| 释义 | partially (once / 487 pages) adv Partially means part way, not complete. If you’ve partially completed a test when the bell rings, you better work faster to finish up next time! A part is a portion of something, not the whole thing. Similarly, the word partially refers to a part of something only. A partially brick house is not all brick. Anything that is partially true is only true to some degree, like if you tell someone you’re in a band, but really you just carry the guitars. This word means about the same as partly, and the opposite word would be wholly or entirely. WORD FAMILYpartial: partiality, partially, partialness, partials+/counterpart: counterparts/forepart: foreparts/part: counterpart, forepart, parted, partial, parting, partitive, parts, subpart, underpart/partiality: partialities/parting: partings/partitive: partitively, partitives/subpart: subparts/underpart: underparts USAGE EXAMPLESOfficers and fire crews worked to remove the occupants by partially overturning the vehicle. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) From page to page, this beloved woman is glimpsed only partially. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The reserve deputy program was shuttered and partially revived earlier this year. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) adv in part; in some degree; not wholly He was partially paralyzed Syn|Ant part, partly all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') |
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