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

• 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。
• But there is no reason to assume that these modifications have to affect the totality of adopted doctrine.
  但这没有理由假设这些修正会影响采纳教义的整体。
• We need to consider the situation in its totality.
  我们需要从整体上考虑一下形势。
• 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。
• 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。
• The totality of financial claims is now too big to be supported by the new economic reality.
  目前，金融债权总额的规模过大，新的经济现实无力支撑。
• 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。
• You have not seen me in my totality.
  你只是将我看成一个应身佛。
• None of the other specific notions exhibits this totality complete on both its sides as the notion itself and objectivity.
  除了概念本身和客观性外，没有任何别的特定的概念在这两方面都能达到完成的全体。
• Literature is deeply rooted and intertwined with life's totality.
  文学作品始终是同大众生活根深蒂固的交织在一起的。