The flames devoured the entire building. 火焰吞没了整栋大楼。
The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease. 所有的居民都被可怕的疾病夺去了生命。
entire
[ noun ]
uncastrated adult male horse
<noun.animal> [ adj ]
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
<adj.all> an entire town devastated by an earthquake gave full attention a total failure
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
<adj.all> a local motion keepeth bodies integral was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime fought to keep the union intact
(of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
<adj.all>
(used of domestic animals) sexually competent
<adj.all> an entire horse
Entire \En*tire"\, a. [F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf. {Integer}.] 1. Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. --James i. 4.
With strength entire and free will armed. --Milton.
One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice. --Shak.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king. --Clarendon.
3. (Bot.) (a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. (b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.
4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
5. Internal; interior. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: See {Whole}, and {Radical}.
Entire \En*tire"\, n. 1. Entirely. ``Too long to print in entire.'' --Thackeray.
2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.] ``Foker's Entire.'' --Thackeray.
A ConAgra spokesman said the final agreement probably will include a provision for purchase of the entire Swift operation within four years.
Now, the surplus is gone, partly because of a 1986 "whole herd buyout," in which farmers sold their entire herds to the government for slaughter and promised to stay out of the dairy business for five years.
There have been several cases in recent years of Sikh extremists killing the entire families of Hindus or Sikhs suspected of being police informers.
The White House had moved its entire press operation to the gymnasium of George Washington University six blocks from the White House.
The meltdown may even effect the future of entire markets.
"Only scuttled ships tend to make it to the bottom in one piece," Ballard said. "It appears the crew opened it up along its entire length.
The entire dispute settlement process of the WTO, one of the main US objectives in the launch of the Uruguay Round, could thus be put at risk.
In one hotel, almost the entire audience was made up of puzzled Kuwaiti exiles in long white robes.
Yet it's crucial jargon because the civil-rights lobby has based its entire strategy on the courts.
It is estimated that the entire Superfund cleanup bill may reach $500 billion.
Warren Greene, who runs a $12 million high-yield portfolio at his American Investors Income Fund Inc. in Greenwich, Conn., said he doesn't think it's likely anyone will bid for CenTrust's entire junk portfolio because the market is so weak.
But, most regrettably, matters took a course contrary to what we, the Islamic and Arab nations and the entire peace-loving world, were seeking.
As that happens, though, we expect that history will see the entire episode as a turning point in the development of our publications, of Singapore and of the freedom of information in an internationally wired and increasingly interdependent world.
At one point in 1986, economic strength was so geographically warped that the entire mid-section of the country was strained by simultaneous weakness in farming, heavy manufacturing, mining and oil.
The Disney Co. is organizing and paying for the entire event, including hotel rooms and food.
The entire offer will be financed with funds from First National Bank of Chicago and its own equity funds, Gibbons, Green said.
This entire controversy is about 13 Guardsmen who serve in the Massachusetts public affairs unit.
The budget deficit for the entire 1990 fiscal year, which ended in September, was $220.39 billion.
The symphony, for example, canceled the entire season this year after several near-bankruptcies.
The entire board of JOHN FAIRFAX LTD., Australia's biggest publishing concern after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., was replaced following the takeover of the company by Warwick Fairfax, a 26-year-old member of the concern's founding family.
Under this dumping complaint, there's no provision to prevent a company from simply importing the entire computer.
Mr Zhu Zhen-yuan of the Chinese embassy in Singapore says Singapore's investments in China in the first six months of 1992 totalled Dollars 494m (Pounds 325m) against a total of Dollars 896m for the entire 1979-91 period.
Eagle Star said most insurers would now examine such cases and could agree to pay out if they felt they would lose less than by going through an entire repossession. The insurer would still have the right to pursue the borrower for the shortfall.
The entire burden of assessing whether land is fit for development will now fall on local authorities.'
The only question is how much, and that will be for negotiation, in relation to how much the four rich applicants put into the EU budget. As things stand, taxpayers and consumers in the applicant countries foot the entire bill for their expensive food.
Through the dealer network, Volkswagen said, its entire auto program, including the sale of used cars, is to be made available.
Elsewhere, precedence isn't necessarily given to computer projects that would be of greatest benefit to the entire company.
Nor does it cover the entire portfolio.
The state had threatened a takeover of the entire company.
The White House described the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan today as a "welcome first step," and expressed the hope the entire force will be gone by the end of the year.