totality

英 [təʊˈtæləti]

美 [toʊˈtæləti]

n.  全体; 全部; 整个; 总数; 总额

复数：totalities　

TOEFL

BNC.12718 / COCA.11619

牛津词典

noun

• 全体；全部；整个；总数；总额
  the state of being complete or whole; the whole number or amount
  1. The seriousness of the situation is difficult to appreciate in its totality .
     很难从全局上理解局势的严重性。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 全体;整个;全部
  Thetotality ofsomething is the whole of it.
  1. ...a process of social, economic and political change which involves the totality of human experience...
     涉及人类全部经验的社会、经济和政治变革过程
  2. He did not want to reform the criminal justice system in its totality.
     他不想全盘改革刑事司法制度。

英英释义

noun

• the whole amount
  Synonym:sumtotalaggregate
• the quality of being complete and indiscriminate
  1. the totality of war and its consequences
  2. the all-embracing totality of the state
• the state of being total and complete
  1. he read the article in its entirety
  2. appalled by the totality of the destruction
  Synonym:entiretyentirenessintegrality

双语例句

• Surely a school is a place where one learns about the totality, the wholeness of life.
  学校是一个学习生命的全部内容和生命的完整性的地方。
• You have not seen me in my totality.
  你只是将我看成一个应身佛。
• The totality of true thoughts is a picture of the world.
  01所有真的思想的总和就构成了整个现实世界一幅图画。
• That is to say you can still have a sense of explaining the totality of things that philosophy needs if it's going to function as philosophy or as philosophy properly should.
  即，你个人如同哲学需要的那般的那般，对事物作整体解释仍然是有意义的，如果这将像哲学或者哲学应该的那样发挥作用的话，或者哲学应该的那样发挥作用的话。
• Totality also includes the role of practice in social change.
  总体也包括实践在社会变迁中的作用。
• Cosmology: The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.
  宇宙学：把有形的宇宙当做时空中的各种现象的总和来研究的科学。
• He did not want to reform the criminal justice system in its totality.
  他不想全盘改革刑事司法制度。
• Thus the perfected denial of man has taken charge of the totality of human existence.
  因此，对人性的完美的否定便已接管了人类存在的总体。
• Quality is the totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs.
  质量是：反映一个实体满足明确和隐含需要能力的特征的总和。
• Your physical body seems small compared to your totality, but it is alive and well.
  你的物质身体相较于你的总体似乎很小的，但是它是活著的而且很好地。