| 单词 |
wholescale |
| 释义 |
wholescale, a.|ˈhəʊlskeɪl| [f. whole a. + scale n.3, influenced by wholesale n., a., adv.] = wholesale a. 5. Cf. full-scale.
1960B. Bergonzi in F. Kermode Living Milton x. 168 Leavis's case..is not a mere critical reappraisal of Milton, but a whole-scale demolition. 1983M. Edwardes Back from Brink v. 76 If we were going to run into this sort of problem over {pstlg}22 million of investment in one factory, how could we contemplate a wholescale modernisation and new product programme across BL, running into hundreds of millions of pounds in dozens of locations? 1984Amer. Banker 5 June 3/1 For middle-level executives, there will be some ‘shifting, but not on a wholescale scale’, he said. |

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