←

wholesale

adverb
🔊/ˈhəʊlseɪl/
🔊/ˈhəʊlseɪl/
jump to other results
  1. in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit批发的；趸售的
    • We buy the building materials wholesale.我们批量购买建筑材料。🔊🔊
    compare retailTopics Businessc2
  2. in very large numbers大规模的
    • These young people die wholesale from heroin overdoses.这些年轻人因过量吸食海洛因大批死亡。🔊🔊

wholesale

adjective
🔊/ˈhəʊlseɪl/
🔊/ˈhəʊlseɪl/
 [only before noun]
jump to other results
  1. connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit批发的；趸售的
    • wholesale prices批发价格
    compare retail1Topics Shoppingc2
  2. (especially of something bad尤指负面的事物) happening or done to a very large number of people or things大规模的
    • the wholesale slaughter of innocent people对无辜人民的大屠杀
    Extra Examples
    • Localized tensions had developed into wholesale slaughter.区域性紧张局势发展成大规模的杀戮行为。
    • The government warned that wholesale changes could lead to major destabilization.政府警告说，全面的变化可能导致严重的动荡。
    • They did their best to prevent the wholesale destruction of the cities.他们竭尽全力防止对城市的大规模破坏。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: originally as by whole sale ‘in large quantities’.