whole 和 entire的区别

其实选B和D都对，但修饰时间时，whole比entire更常用。

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There is very little difference between whole and entire. They are both adjectives but whole can be used as a noun (e.g. he stayed in London the whole of the summer) whereas entire cannot. The corresponding noun would be entirety.两者区别很小，都是形容词，但whole可以用做名词，而entire的名词是entirety.

In most cases the two words mean the same thing. Whole can be used in more situations than entire; e.g. whole food meaning healthy food. 'whole'的用法更广一些，比如‘whole food’指健康的食物；

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"I've been waiting for you the whole day" and "I've been waiting for you the entire day" are equally usable, whereas when used with the word 'time' it is less usual to use 'entire', and 'whole' is usually preferred:

e.g.

I lectured for three hours this morning and you slept the whole time

would be preferable to

I lectured for three hours this morning and you slept the entire time

whole和entire的区别

entire

英[ɪnˈtaɪə(r)]美[ɛnˈtaɪr]

adj.整个的; 全部的; 全体的; 囫囵

网络

完整的; 整个; 全缘

whole

英[həʊl]美[hoʊl]

adj.完整的; 全部的，所有的

n.全部; 整体，整个

网络

完整; 全; 一

entire 与 whole 在许多情况下可以通用。

例如：

The people's government has the support of the entire(whole) population . 人民政府得到全民的支持。

whole 常用来强调某事物的完整性，即没有任何部分被忽略或舍去，相当于 every part。在日常语言中，whole 远比 entire 用得多。

例如：

One day the police even used their sticks during a peaceful march by blacks , and this was seen across the whole country on TV . (也可用 entire)

有一天，黑人在进行和平进军的时候，警察使用了警棍，这个情景全国的电视上都看到了。

区别：

entire 可以修饰抽象名词，whole 则不能。

如：

This would destroy the entire peace of the Middle East .

这将会破坏整个中东和平。

请问whole和 entire的区别

whole [简明英汉词典]

n.全部,全体,整体,完全之体系

adj.所有的,完整的,完全的,纯粹的,未损伤的,未打破的

adv.完全,整个

entire [简明英汉词典]

adj.全部的,完整的,整个

entire是完全的,有点抽象的

whole是整体的,有时用作名词是整体